Limits of the Numerical Poison Ivy make education relevant again

make education relevant again

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Limits of the Numerical Poison Ivy make education relevant againThis collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of obfuscation, manipulation, or outright denial. This timely collection by a diverse group of humanists and social scientists challenges undue reverence or skepticism