The Measure of Everything
$32.30
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
23 March 2027
Summary
The Measure of Everything is the epic story of how data created the modern world — and why our future depends on learning to use it wisely.
For thousands of years, humanity’s greatest breakthroughs have begun with a deceptively simple act: counting. Counting harvests and armies. Births and deaths. Money and trade. From the first marks scratched into clay tablets to the algorithms driving artificial intelligence, data has quietly shaped empires, transformed medicine, fuelled f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753561737 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753561735 |
| Author: | Tim Harford |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | W H Allen |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 23 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 435g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Tim Harford
Tim is an economist, journalist, and broadcaster. He is the author of:
- “How To Make the World Add Up” / “The Data Detective”
- “Messy”
- “The Undercover Economist” (a million-selling book)
Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times and the presenter of:
- Radio 4’s “More or Less”
- The iTunes-topping series “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”
- The podcast “Cautionary Tales”
He has spoken at TED, PopTech, and the Sydney Opera House. Tim is an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an honorary fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and of the Royal Statistical Society.
In the New Year honours of 2019, Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding.
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