Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present by George G. Szpiro

Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present

George G. Szpiro

226 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Since the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers, statesmen, and mathematicians. Numbers Rule traces the epic quest by these ...

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