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Download or read book The Metric Society written by Steffen Mau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded significantly – we can now measure ourselves against others in practically every area. The rise of quantification has created and strengthened social hierarchies, transforming qualitative differences into quantitative inequalities that play a decisive role in shaping the life chances of individuals. This timely analysis of the pernicious impact of quantification will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as anyone concerned by the cult of numbers and its impact on our lives and societies today.
Download or read book The Metric Society written by Steffen Mau and published by Polity. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded significantly – we can now measure ourselves against others in practically every area. The rise of quantification has created and strengthened social hierarchies, transforming qualitative differences into quantitative inequalities that play a decisive role in shaping the life chances of individuals. This timely analysis of the pernicious impact of quantification will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as anyone concerned by the cult of numbers and its impact on our lives and societies today.
Book Synopsis The Metric System by : United States. Congress. Senate. Manufactures Committee
Download or read book The Metric System written by United States. Congress. Senate. Manufactures Committee and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Metric System by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
Download or read book The Metric System written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :374 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (3 download)
Book Synopsis The Metric System by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
Download or read book The Metric System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on coinage, weights & measures Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :394 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Metric System, Hearings ..., on H.R. 10 ..., Feb 1-Mar 18, 1926 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on coinage, weights & measures
Download or read book The Metric System, Hearings ..., on H.R. 10 ..., Feb 1-Mar 18, 1926 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on coinage, weights & measures and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introduction to the Analysis of Metric Spaces by : John R. Giles
Download or read book Introduction to the Analysis of Metric Spaces written by John R. Giles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introduction to the analysis of metric and normed linear spaces for undergraduate students in mathematics. Assuming a basic knowledge of real analysis and linear algebra, the student is exposed to the axiomatic method in analysis and is shown its power in exploiting the structure of fundamental analysis, which underlies a variety of applications. An example is the link between normed linear spaces and linear algebra; finite dimensional spaces are discussed early. The treatment progresses from the concrete to the abstract: thus metric spaces are studied in some detail before general topology is begun, though topological properties of metric spaces are explored in the book. Graded exercises are provided at the end of each section; in each set the earlier exercises are designed to assist in the detection of the structural properties in concrete examples while the later ones are more conceptually sophisticated.
Book Synopsis Increasing the Use of the Metric System by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Download or read book Increasing the Use of the Metric System written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 90-54. Considers S. 441 and similar S. 2356, to authorize Commerce Dept to conduct study regarding methods and cost of U.S. conversion to metric system.
Book Synopsis A History of the Metric System Controversy in the United States by : Charles F. Treat
Download or read book A History of the Metric System Controversy in the United States written by Charles F. Treat and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S. Metric Study Interim Report: A history of the metric system controversy in the U.S by : United States. National Bureau of Standards
Download or read book U.S. Metric Study Interim Report: A history of the metric system controversy in the U.S written by United States. National Bureau of Standards and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis THE METRIC SYSTEM, HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEEON MANUFACTURERS UNITED STATES SENATE by :
Download or read book THE METRIC SYSTEM, HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEEON MANUFACTURERS UNITED STATES SENATE written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System by : United States. General Accounting Office
Download or read book Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Increasing the Use of the Metric System, Hearing...90-1, on S.441, S.2356, Bills Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to Conduct a Study and to Make Recommendations Relative to Our Nation's System of Weights and Measures, November 15, 1967 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Download or read book Increasing the Use of the Metric System, Hearing...90-1, on S.441, S.2356, Bills Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to Conduct a Study and to Make Recommendations Relative to Our Nation's System of Weights and Measures, November 15, 1967 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :676 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Conversion to the Metric System of Weights and Measures by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Download or read book Conversion to the Metric System of Weights and Measures written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Metric Power written by David Beer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the powerful and intensifying role that metrics play in ordering and shaping our everyday lives. Focusing upon the interconnections between measurement, circulation and possibility, the author explores the interwoven relations between power and metrics. He draws upon a wide-range of interdisciplinary resources to place these metrics within their broader historical, political and social contexts. More specifically, he illuminates the various ways that metrics implicate our lives – from our work, to our consumption and our leisure, through to our bodily routines and the financial and organisational structures that surround us. Unravelling the power dynamics that underpin and reside within the so-called big data revolution, he develops the central concept of Metric Power along with a set of conceptual resources for thinking critically about the powerful role played by metrics in the social world today.
Book Synopsis Conversion to the Metric System of Weights and Measures, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development..., 93-1, March 19, 20, 21, 22; May 9, 10, 1973 by : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee
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Book Synopsis The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers by : Society of Automotive Engineers
Download or read book The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers written by Society of Automotive Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
