'Does an excellent job of drawing human narratives from the numbers' Dr Sophie Kay, Who Do You Think You Are? What has data ever done for us? Georgina Sturge, author of the critically acclaimed Bad Data, explores the rich history of the times the UK has counted itself - from the first census of 1801 to modern worries over surveillance. Condensing a society into numbers brought hidden problems to light: cholera deaths in Soho were traced to a single deadly water pump; Florence Nightingale stunned the Victorian establishment with her analysis of how disease spread. Sturge also tracks those who have resisted the state's attempts at tabulation - burning survey forms, stripping naked in protest and, in the case of 500 Suffragettes, avoiding the 1911 census by skating all night round Aldwych roller rink. Full of fascinating social detail, Sum of Us draws out the human stories captured in the vast tangle of data the UK has collected over two centuries. It is a vital snapshot of we really are. 'A fascinating and often moving journey' Significance.