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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
de Charles Seife
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
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Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Viking Adult Pub Date: 9/23/2010 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 304
Sinopsis
From the author of Zero , comes this "admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government" ( The Boston Globe ) In Zero , Charles Seife presented readers with a thrilling account of the strangest number known to humankind. Now he shows readers how the power of skewed metrics-or "proofiness"- is being used to alter perception in both amusing and dangerous ways. Proofiness is behind such bizarre stories as a mathematical formula for the perfect butt and sprinters who can run faster than the speed of sound. But proofiness also has a dark side: bogus mathematical formulas used to undermine our democracy-subverting our justice system, fixing elections, and swaying public opinion with lies. By doing the real math, Seife elegantly and good-humoredly scrutinizes our growing obsession with metrics while exposing those who misuse them.
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- Título
- Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
- Autor
- Charles Seife
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- [ Edition: first ]
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
- Editorial
- Viking Adult
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2010-09
- Palabras clave
- 0670022160
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