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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why counting Canât Make Us Happy
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why counting Canât Make Us Happy
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0002571579.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Used but good condition, clean, lightly read pages, but some shelf wear on cover and light tanning to pages Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.
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The Tyranny of Numbers : Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2001
ISBN 10: 0006531997 ISBN 13: 9780006531999
Language: English
£ 6.30
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
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The Tyranny of Numbers : Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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The Tyranny of Numbers. Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by HarperCollins, London England, 2001
ISBN 10: 0002571579 ISBN 13: 9780002571579
Language: English
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Hardcover. The Tyranny of Numbers. Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy. Message to inside cover. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. 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? In this passionately argued and thought-provoking book, the author examines our obsession with numbers. He reminds us of the danger of taking numers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calulable: 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. 236 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).
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The Tyranny of Numbers. Why counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0002571579 ISBN 13: 9780002571579
Language: English
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in Jacket. Clean and tight. No inscription. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £14.99. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref GAT120. The Tyranny of Numbers. Why counting Can't Make Us Happy. Published by HarperCollins in the year 2000.
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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 15.01.2001., 2001
ISBN 10: 0002571579 ISBN 13: 9780002571579
Language: English
Seller: Antiquariat Buchhandel Daniel Viertel, Diez, Germany
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Add to basketHardcover/Pappeinband. Condition: Gut. 236 Seiten, 22 cm Gut erhaltenes Buch, Mit Original Schutzumschlag, Seiten alters- sowie papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, in engl. Sprache, 17455 ISBN 9780002571579 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 424.
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Tyranny of Numbers, The: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 0002571579 ISBN 13: 9780002571579
Language: English
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. 238 pages.
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Add to basketTaschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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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The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Ships from California.
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Add to basketCondition: Good. No Highlighting or underlining. Some Wear but overall good condition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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The Tyranny of Numbers, Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy
Published by Collins London 2000, 2000
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Add to basketreprint hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo. 236pp., index,
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 7.56x5.04x0.79 inches. This item is printed on demand.
