Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

by Charles Seife

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0143120077

ISBN13:9780143120070

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

History & Philosophy Math Mathematics Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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