Number Savvy - From the Invention of Numbers to the Future of Data (Paperback)

This book is written for the love of numbers. It tells their story, shows how they were invented and used to quantify our world, and explains what quantitative data mean for our lives. It aspires to contribute to overall numeracy through a tour de force presentation of the production, use, and evolution of data. Understanding our physical world, our economies, and our societies through quantification has been a persistent feature of human evolution. This book starts with a narrative on why and how our ancestors were driven to the invention of number, which is then traced to the eventual arrival at our number system. This is followed by a discussion of how numbers were used for counting, how they enabled the measurement of physical quantities, and how they led to the estimation of man-made and abstract notions in the socio-economic domain. As data don't fall like manna from the sky, a unique feature of this book is that it explains from a teacher's perspective how they're really conceived in our minds, how they're actually produced from individual observations, and how this defines their meaning and interpretation. It discusses the significance of standards, the use of taxonomies, and clarifies a series of misconceptions regarding the making of data. The book then describes the switch to a new research paradigm and its implications, highlights the arrival of microdata, illustrates analytical uses of data, and closes with a look at the future of data and our own role in it.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	George Sciadas
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-235721-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics
LSN:	1-03-235721-5
Barcode:	9781032357218

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