Synopsis
In our scientific and technological numbers-obsessed age, are we losing touch with our instincts? To what extent can statistics really translate into happiness? This interdisciplinary book spans the impact of numbers on the very tenets of civilization: philosophy, science, art, and business.
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"The book is as entertaining (and funny) as it is serious about the shortcomings and tyranny of numbers, public opinion polls, testing, marketing surveys and cost-benefit analysis."
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