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Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

Contributor(s): Seife, Charles (Author)

ISBN: 9780143120070

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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Pub Date: September 27, 2011

Dewey: 510

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.90" L x 5.30" W ( 0.50 lbs) 320 pages

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Description: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades and shapes daily lives. "Proofiness," as 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.

Review Quotes: "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone."
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