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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
de Seife, Charles
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- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno/GOOD
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
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Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Viking, 2010-09-23. Hardcover. Very GOOD/GOOD. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Lightly scuffed covers.
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
- Robert Harper Books LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 078729
- Título
- Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
- Autor
- Seife, Charles
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- GOOD
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010-09-23
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