Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
by:
Charles Seife (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101443507 (1101443502)
Publish date: September 23rd 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Science,
Popular Science,
Economics,
Education,
Politics,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Mathematics
Interesting anecdotes about how the brain reacts to numbers. I agree with the author - drawing public attention to statistical lies is the best way to defeat them. OJ the wife-beater didn't have a 1 in 1,000 probability of becoming a wife-murderer; instead Nicole's chances of dying went up from 1 in...
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