Limits of the Numerical – The Abuses and Uses of Quantification

This collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Â Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of obfuscation, manipulation, or outright denial. This timely collection by a diverse group of humanists and social scientists challenges undue reverence or skepticism toward quantification and offers new ideas... Zobrazit více