chapter Part One -- SLIPPERY NUMBERS IN THE PUBLIC ARENA -- chapter 1 Boldfaced Lies -- chapter 2 Something's Amiss -- chapter 3 Coming Up with the Numbers -- chapter 4 Political and Ideological Coloring -- CENSUS POLITICS -- chapter 5 Numbers, Numbers, Everywhere -- RIGHT NUMBER TRAIL? -- chapter 6 There's Less to It Than Meets the Eye -- chapter 7 Lessons from Chapters 1 to 6 -- MADNESS -- chapter PART TWO MATH MODEL PORTRAITS -- chapter 8 What's the Cost of Smoking? -- chapter 9 Andy and Rasa Take Vacations -- chapter 10 Math Model Development -- chapter 11 As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap -- chapter 12 Hyperbole and Hype -- chapter 13 Lessons from Chapters 8 to 12 -- part PART THREE THE PRICE TAG -- chapter 14 The Numbers You Don�t Know Can Hurt You -- EFFECTS? WHAT EFFECTS? -- chapter 15 Consequences of Math Fiction -- STATISTIC -- part Part Four -- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: EDUCATION -- chapter 16 Mathematics Education -- chapter Epilogue.