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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception by Charles Seife;
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- Condition
- Subject Area
- Mathematics
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Level
- Advanced
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- History & Philosophy, General
- ISBN
- 9780670022168
- Publication Name
- Proofiness : the Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-and shapes-our daily lives. According to MSNBC, having a child makes you stupid. You actually lose IQ points. "Good Morning America" has announced that natural blondes will be extinct within two hundred years. Pundits estimated that there were more than a million demonstrators at a tea party rally in Washington, D.C., even though roughly sixty thousand were there. Numbers have peculiar powers-they can disarm skeptics, befuddle journalists, and hoodwink the public into believing almost anything. "Proofiness," as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds readers that bad mathematics has a dark side. It is used to bring down beloved government officials and to appoint undeserving ones (both Democratic and Republican), to convict the innocent and acquit the guilty, to ruin our economy, and to fix the outcomes of future elections. This penetrating look at the intersection of math and society will appeal to readers of "Freakonomics" and the books of Malcolm Gladwell.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670022160
ISBN-13
9780670022168
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84592278
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Proofiness : the Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History & Philosophy, General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2010-012127
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qa99.S45 2010
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." - Booklist (Starred review), "Sprightly written, despite its sobering message." -Kirkus Reviews "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." -Booklist(Starred review), "... passionate ... This is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson." - The New York Times Book Review "Seife's book is an admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government." - Boston Globe "Seife's coinages, humor, and curious tidbits keep readers engaged as the book gradually moves from a description of techniques to their practical application." - Philadelphia Inquirer "If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written Proofiness ." - Dallas Morning News "Sprightly written, despite its sobering message." - Kirkus Reviews "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." - Booklist (Starred review), "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." -Booklist(Starred review), "... passionate ... This is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson." -The New York Times Book Review "Seife's book is an admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government." -Boston Globe "Seife's coinages, humor, and curious tidbits keep readers engaged as the book gradually moves from a description of techniques to their practical application." -Philadelphia Inquirer "If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written Proofiness." -Dallas Morning News "Sprightly written, despite its sobering message." -Kirkus Reviews "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." -Booklist(Starred review)
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
510
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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