Math on Trial : How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom

Colmez, Coralie, Schneps, Leila

ISBN 10: 0465032923 / ISBN 13: 9780465032921

Editore: Basic Books, 2013

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Riassunto:

CSI meets John Allen Paulos-ten cases of the uses and abuses of mathematics in the courtroom

Informazioni sugli autori:

Leila Schneps studied mathematics at Harvard University and now holds a research position at the University of Paris, France. She has taught mathematics for nearly 30 years. Schneps's daughter, Coralie Colmez, graduated with a First from Cambridge University in 2009, and now lives in London where she teaches and writes about mathematics. They both belong to the Bayes in Law Research Consortium, an international team devoted to improving the use of probability and statistics in criminal trials.

Leila Schneps studied mathematics at Harvard University and now holds a research position at the University of Paris, France. She has taught mathematics for more than thirty years.

Schneps's daughter, Coralie Colmez, graduated with a First from Cambridge University in 2009, and now lives in London where she teaches and writes about mathematics. They both belong to the Bayes in Law Research Consortium, an international team devoted to improving the use of probability and statistics in criminal trials.

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Titolo: Math on Trial : How Numbers Get Used and ...
Casa editrice: Basic Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good