Introduction, by Karel Čapek.--The period of princes and kings, by V. Chaloupecký.--The heritage of the Bohemian reformation, by J. L. Hromádka.--The Habsburgs and Czechs at the period of the reformation and counter-reformation, by František Hrubý.--The spirit of modern Czechoslovak...

Modern political culture features a deep-seated faith in the power of numbers to find answers, settle disputes, and explain how the world works. Whether evaluating economic trends, measuring the success of institutions, or divining public opinion, we are told that numbers don't lie. But numbers...