The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern LifeW. W. Norton & Company, 2005 - 209 ページ 'The Triumph of Numbers' explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in the analysis of society, in marketing and in many other aspects of daily life. |
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