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432 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226646985
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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"From the time of Pythagoras, we have been tempted to treat numbers as the ultimate or only truth. This book tells the history of that habit of thought. But more, it argues that the logic of counting sacrifices much of what makes us human, and tha...
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432 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226646985
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
"From the time of Pythagoras, we have been tempted to treat numbers as the ultimate or only truth. This book tells the history of that habit of thought. But more, it argues that the logic of counting sacrifices much of what makes us human, and tha...