An edition of Allegro ma non troppo (1988)

Allegro ma non troppo

4th ed.
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An edition of Allegro ma non troppo (1988)

Allegro ma non troppo

4th ed.
  • 3.67 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 8 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Este es uno de los libros más inteligentes y divertidos que se hayan escrito nunca. Parodia de divertissement dieciochesco, juega con la paradoja y el absurdo para construir una auténtica metodología del ridículo. En la primera parte del libro, «El papel de las especias en el desarrollo económico de la Edad Media», Cipolla razona con una argumentación paródica de los estudios de historia económica más sesudos y utiliza, con aparente seriedad, fórmulas cliométricas deliciosamente absurdas para llegar a las más estrafalarias relaciones de causa a efecto. En la segunda parte, «Las leyes fundamentales de la estupidez humana», se usa un modelo matemático parecido a los de la sociología, con gráficos de dispersión incluidos, para enunciar esas leyes, que demuestran cuán abundante es el número de estúpidos que nos rodean y cuán grande su poder.

Publish Date
Publisher
Crítica
Language
Spanish
Pages
85

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Cover of: Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro ma non troppo
Dec 2006, Crítica
Paperback in Spanish - 4th ed.
Cover of: Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro ma non troppo
1988, Il Mulino
in Italian

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Edition Notes

Published in
Barcelona, Spain
Series
Biblioteca de bolsillo, 72
Translation Of
Allegro ma non troppo
Translated From
Italian

Contributors

Translator
Maria Pons

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
85
Dimensions
19 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL13323915M
ISBN 10
8484322270
ISBN 13
9788484322276
OCLC/WorldCat
906942575
Library Thing
806842
Goodreads
3095031

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