{"product_id":"the-flawed-genius-of-william-playfair-9781487545031","title":"The Flawed Genius of William Playfair","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Playfair Is Introduced    1. Playfair Is Sent to Newgate Prison  2. Playfair Goes to Birmingham to Work for Boulton and Watt  3. Playfair Goes to London to Set Up His Own Business  4. Playfair Evolves into a Writer by Profession  5. Playfair Expresses His Early Political Views 6. Playfair Makes His Mark on Statistical Graphics  7. Playfair Goes to Paris  8. Playfair Tries to Take Advantage of the French Revolution  9. Playfair Escapes from France and Returns to England  10. Playfair Becomes an Avid Anti-Jacobin Propagandist  11. Playfair Gets Involved with Forged Assignats  12. Playfair Starts a Bank and Goes Bankrupt  13. Playfair Ekes Out a Living as a Bankrupt  14. Playfair Has a Good Year during 1805 with Hints of Ending Badly  15. Playfair Has Serious Legal and Other Problems  16. Playfair Dabbles Deeply into Family History and Political Biography  17. Playfair Continues Writing and Tries a Few More Scams to Get to Paris  18. Playfair Returns to Paris  19. Playfair Spends His Last Few Years in England in Poverty    Afterword: Playfair Avoids a Shakespearean Epitaph    Appendix: Assignat Forging by French Emigres in England    Notes  Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739692216663,"sku":"9781487545031","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487545031.jpg?v=1723812256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-flawed-genius-of-william-playfair-9781487545031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}