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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy,David ,.978000653199
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- Title
- The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
- ISBN
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Never before have we attempted to measure as much as we do today. Why are we so obsessed with numbers? What can they really tell us? Too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measured. We count people, but not individuals. We count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of poverty. The government has set itself 10,000 new targets. Politicians pack their speeches with skewed statistics: crime rates are either rising or falling depending on who is doing the counting. We are in a world in which everything designed only to be measured. If it can't be measured it can be ignored. But the big problem is what numbers don't tell you. They won't interpret. They won't inspire, and they won't tell you precisely what causes what. In this passionately argued and thought-provoking book, David Boyle examines our obsession with numbers. He reminds us of the danger of taking numbers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calculable: intuition, creativity, imagination, happiness... Counting is a vital human skill. Yardsticks are a vital tool. As long as we remember how limiting they are if we cling to them too closely. Americans who claim to have been abducted by aliens = 3.7 million Average time spent by British people in traffic jams every year = 11 days Number of Americans shot by children under six between 1983 and 1993 = 138, 490
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780006531999
eBay Product ID (ePID)
86562116
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Language
English
Subject
Sociology, Mathematics
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Research
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
198 mm
Item Weight
185 g
Item Width
129 mm
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United Kingdom
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