{"product_id":"math-on-trial-leila-schneps-9780465032921","title":"Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMath on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 of murdering her children by a doctor with a faulty sense of calculation; of nineteenth-century tycoon Hetty Green, whose dispute over her aunt's will became a signal case in the forensic use of mathematics; and of the case of Amanda Knox, in which a judge's misunderstanding of probability led him to discount critical evidence -- which might have kept her in jail. Offering a fresh angle on cases from the nineteenth-century Dreyfus affair to the murder trial of Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk, Schneps and Colmez show how the improper application of mathematical concepts can mean the difference between walking free and life in prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A colorful narrative of mathematical abuse, \u003ci\u003eMath on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e blends courtroom drama, history, and math to show that legal expertise isn't't always enough to prove a person innocent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leila Schneps, Coralie Colmez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465032923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465032921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/21\/2013 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2013","brand":"Leila Schneps","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044778307839,"sku":"9780465032921","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b91343b-f7c3-47b4-b808-b5f3b6c63779.jpg?v=1684974836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/math-on-trial-leila-schneps-9780465032921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}