The Tyranny of Numbers: Why counting Can’t Make Us Happy

By David Boyle

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002571579
• ISBN13: 9780002571579
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.