Math On Trial: How Numbers Get Used And Abused In The Courtroom Leila Schneps Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Popular

In The Wrong Hands Math Can Be Deadly Even Simplest Numbers Become Powerful Forces When Manipulated By Politicians Or Media But Case Of Law Your Liberty And Life Depend On Right Calculation Trial Mathematicians Leila Schneps Coralie Colmez Describe Ten Trials Spanning From Nineteenth Century To Today Which Mathematical Arguments Were Used Disastrously Misused As Evidence They Tell Stories Sally Clark Who Was Accused Murdering Her Children A Doctor With Faulty Sense Nineteenth-Century Tycoon Hetty Green Whose Dispute Over Aunt\ S Will Became Signal Forensic Use Mathematics Amanda Knox Judge\ Misunderstanding Probability Led Him Discount Critical Might Have Kept Jail Offering Fresh Angle Cases Dreyfus Affair Murder Dutch Nurse Lucia De Berk Show How Improper Application Concepts Mean Difference Between Walking Free Prison Colourful Narrative Abuse Blends Courtroom Drama History That Legal Expertise Isn\ T Always Enough Prove Person Innocent Σελίδες: 272 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0312 Διαστάσεις: 16 8X16 8Cm