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Proofiness : The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception by Charles Seife (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670022160
ISBN-139780670022168
eBay Product ID (ePID)84592278
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameProofiness : the Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory & Philosophy, General
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorCharles Seife
Subject AreaMathematics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.1 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-012127
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)
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal510
SynopsisThe 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberQA99.S45 2010
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