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

by George G. Szpiro

Book Overview

A lively history of the peculiar math of voting

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 thinkers to create a more perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each new generation places on our democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691139946
• ISBN13: 9780691139944
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"