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Tyranny of Numbers, The: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy

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I have read a lot of books, but none quite like this. I praise its efforts for looking at numbers from so many interesting and new perspectives, to me. I guess if this is your occupation nothing would be new, but it would probably be quite a fun and enjoyable read. I like the provoking thoughts provided:

"Numbers existed even before the universe itself, according to Pythagoras. But even that was too mild for St Augustine of Hippo, who declared that six was such a perfect number that it would be so even if the world dodn't exist at all" (page 5).

There are many interesting excerpts to read and think about, and they are alaborated upon with great thought here in Boyle's book. If you like unique reads, and if numbers interest you, great book for the long flight, or evenings on the sofa.