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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Mathematicians Schneps and Colmez tell the story of 10 trials, from the Dreyfus Affair to the Amanda Knox murder trial, in which mathematical arguments were used--and disastrously misused--as evidence. CSI meets John Allen Paulos-ten cases of the uses and abuses of mathematics in the courtroom Zusammenfassung CSI meets John Allen Paulos-ten cases of the uses and abuses of mathematics in the courtroom Inhaltsverzeichnis ENG

Product details

• Authors: Coralie Colmez, Leila Schneps, Leila/ Colmez Schneps
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9780465032921
• ISBN: 978-0-465-03292-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Basic Books
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, MATHEMATICS / Essays