The Metric Society

Author : Steffen Mau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509530436
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Steffen Mau
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9781509530403
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Manufactures Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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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 : 4.05/5 ( download)

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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 : 4.19/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Charles F. Treat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : David Beer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137556498
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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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: