The sum of our discontent - Info and Reading Options
1 2 3 4 5, how numbers make us irrational
By David Boyle
"The sum of our discontent" was published by Thompson/Texere in 2004 - New York, it has 200 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The sum of our discontent” Metadata:
- Title: The sum of our discontent
- Author: David Boyle
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 200
- Publisher: Thompson/Texere
- Publish Date: 2004
- Publish Location: New York
“The sum of our discontent” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Social aspects of Statistics - Statistics - Social aspects - Number concept - Real Numbers - Popular works - History
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xix, 200 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL3325474M - OL15078947W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 54898861
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2004298963
- ISBN-10: 1587991675
- All ISBNs: 1587991675
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"The sum of our discontent" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Introduction. A short history of counting
- 2- Jeremy Bentham and the measure of happiness
- 3- Damage by numbers
- 4- Robert Malthus and the death of moral statistics
- 5- The feelgood factor
- 6- Frederick Taylor's time machine
- 7- Toward an ethical profit line
- 8- The fine balance of John Maynard Keynes
- 9- The new indicators
- 10- Edgar Cahn and the price of everything
- 11- The bottom line.
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