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The Empire of Chance - How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R882
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The Empire of Chance - How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life (Paperback, New Ed): Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink,...

The Empire of Chance - How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life (Paperback, New Ed)

Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, Lorenz Kruger

Series: Ideas in Context

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This book tells how quantitative ideas of chance have transformed the natural and social sciences as well as everyday life over the past three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law, medicine, polling, and baseball. Separate chapters explore the theoretical and methodological impact on biology, physics, and psychology. In contrast to the literature on the mathematical development of probability and statistics, this book centers on how these technical innovations recreated our conceptions of nature, mind, and society.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ideas in Context
Release date: October 1990
First published: 1989
Authors: Gerd Gigerenzer • Zeno Swijtink • Theodore Porter • Lorraine Daston • John Beatty • Lorenz Kruger
Dimensions: 228 x 159 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 360
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-39838-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
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LSN: 0-521-39838-X
Barcode: 9780521398381

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