Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
de Seife, Charles
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- First
- Estado
- Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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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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- Librería
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BOOKS083902I
- Título
- Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
- Autor
- Seife, Charles
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edición
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mathematics;
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