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Math on Trial

Hardcover • 2013 • English

Math on Trial

By Leila Schneps

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About the book

In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Even the simplest numbers can become powerful forces when manipulated by politicians or the media, but in the case of the law, your liberty,and your life,can depend on the right calculation.In Math on Trial , mathematicians Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez describe ten trials spanning from the nineteenth century to today, in which mathematical arguments were used,and disastrously misused,as evidence. They tell the stories of Sally Clark, who was accused o...Show more

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ISBN

9780465032921

Publisher

Basic Books

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Math on Trial

Format

Hardcover

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