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Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers by Charles Seife (English) Pa
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- ISBN-13
- 9780143120070
- Book Title
- Proofiness
- ISBN
- 9780143120070
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143120077
ISBN-13
9780143120070
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102831180
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Proofiness : How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
Publication Year
2011
Subject
History & Philosophy, General, Number Theory, Logic
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone." - Booklist (Starred review)
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Table Of Content
1. IntroductionI. The Ascent Problem:Compatibility and Significance2. Will3. Responsibility4. Alternative Possibilities5. Ultimate Responsibility6. SignificanceII. The Descent Problem: Intelligibility and Existence7. Plurality and Indeterminism8. Moral and Prudential Choice9. Efforts, Purposes, and Practical Reason10. Objections and Responses11. ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
Synopsis
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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QA99
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