{"product_id":"9781780236469","title":"Living by Numbers","description":"Author: Steven Connor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780236469\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeas about numbers, magnitudes and frequencies shape and give texture\u0026amp;nbsp;to almost everything we feel, say, dream and do. In \u003ci\u003eLiving by Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e,\u0026amp;nbsp;Steven Connor explores the many ways in which we live in, and by, a world\u0026amp;nbsp;of numbers.\u0026amp;nbsp;Connor homes in on the unsuspected weirdness of the number one, the\u0026amp;nbsp;links between horror, counting and the uncountable, and the close associations\u0026amp;nbsp;of numbers and death. He considers the way we make sense of\u0026amp;nbsp;crowds, swarms, masses and multitudes, and demonstrates the work of\u0026amp;nbsp;calculation that is always present in poems, jokes, laughter and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving by Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e opens up for the\u0026amp;nbsp;first time the richness, variety and subtlety of how we do things with numbers\u0026amp;nbsp;and, just as importantly, how they do things with us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852888821918,"sku":"ADS-9781780236469","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780236469.jpg?v=1779064273","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780236469","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}