Tim Harford

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Tim Harford

@TimHarford

Author How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US). Cautionary Tales podcast. Undercover Economist at the FT. BBC More or Less. Views my own.

Oxford Katılım Nisan 2009
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Tim Harford@TimHarford·
Oo, first glimpses inside The Truth Detective, which is out next week! Ollie Mann has done a wonderful job bringing my ideas to life. For those asking, the book is aimed at 9-13 year olds, although I keep having to confiscate my copy from the grown-ups...
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Tim Harford@TimHarford·
Having fun this week reading books about, ahem. Strongly recommend Mary Roach's classic, "Bonk". Very interesting and very funny. amzn.to/4aLjnrj
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Stewart Brand@stewartbrand·
Deja vu. People said exactly the same thing about my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN.
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"Maintenance of Everything" by @stewartbrand might be one of the best [unintentional] books on writing software, without mentioning software at all. Since software is what you get when you abstract and remove (almost all) physical aspects - maintenance is the only thing left and then entirely what software is about. press.stripe.com/maintenance-pa…

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