The sum of our discontent : (Record no. 110990)
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| fixed length control field | 02443cam a2200301Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 47195017 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20201110052417.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 010626s2001 nyu b 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1587990601 : |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781587990601 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)47195017 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | JED |
| Transcribing agency | JED |
| Modifying agency | UMC |
| -- | GGN |
| -- | BAKER |
| -- | YDXCP |
| -- | OCLCG |
| -- | UMR |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA141.15 |
| Item number | .B69 2001 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Item number | B7922s 2001 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Boyle, David, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1958- |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27199 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The sum of our discontent : |
| Remainder of title | 1 2 3 4 5, how numbers make us irrational / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | David Boyle |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Texere, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2001 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 198 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction. The tyranny of numbers -- A short history of counting -- Bentham and the measure of happiness -- Damage by numbers -- Robert Malthus and the death of moral statistics -- The feelgood factor -- Frederick Taylor's time machine -- Toward an ethical profit line -- The fine balance of John Maynard Keynes -- The new indicators -- Edgar Cahn and the price of everything -- The bottom line |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The counters are taking over our lives. For centuries, the humankind has attempted to divine meaning from life through numbers. The more materialistic we become, the more we need to quantify everything. Jeremy Bentham once defined the aim of politics as "the greatest happiness of the greatest number." Over the last two hundred years our means of quantification have become increasingly disturbing. Happiness has become quantifiable; surveys that "measure" emotional intelligence find that Mexicans are the happiest people on earth and the Japanese are the most miserable, love is measured by the number or orgasms, crime rates can be made to correspond to random speeches or sun spots, and a city's success is judged according to the number of vegetarian restaurants versus the number of McDonald's." "In our scientific and technological numbers-obsessed age, are we losing touch with our instincts? To what extent can statistics easily translate into happiness? This interdisciplinary book spans the impact of numbers on the very tenets of civilization: philosophy, science, art, and business."--BOOK JACKET |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27200 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Statistics |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27201 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Number concept |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27202 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Numbers, Real |
| General subdivision | History |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27203 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Available | Dewey Decimal Classification | Martha's Vineyard High School Library | Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 07/22/2013 | 510.9/BOY | 39844400044059 | 07/18/2019 | 25.00 | 07/22/2013 | Book |