Seife, Charles. <br/><br/>
Proofiness :  the dark arts of mathematical deception / 
/ by: Viking 
 - New York   Viking  c2010. 
 - 295 p., [8] p. of plates   ill., maps   22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index. 
<br/><br/>Proofiness -- Phony facts, phony figures -- Rorschach's demon -- Risky business -- Poll cats -- Electile dysfunction -- An unfair vote -- Alternate realities -- Propaganda by the numbers -- Appendix A. Statistical error -- Appendix B. Electronic voting -- Appendix C. The prosecutor's fallacy. 
<br/><br/> The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670022168 0670022160 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010012127 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Miscellanea.<br/>Politics<br/>Pseudoscience.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>პოლიტიკა 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA99  / .S45 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>32  / S-44