The Triumph of Numbers - How Counting Shaped Modern Life (Paperback, New Ed)

The great historian of science I. B. Cohen explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in marketing, and in many other aspects of daily life. Consulting and collecting numbers has been a feature of human affairs since antiquity taxes, head counts for military service but not until the Scientific Revolution in the twelfth century did social numbers such as births, deaths, and marriages begin to be analyzed. Cohen shines a new light on familiar figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Charles Dickens; and he reveals Florence Nightingale to be a passionate statistician. Cohen has left us with an engaging and accessible history of numbers, an appreciation of the essential nature of statistics."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	July 2006
Authors:	I. Bernard Cohen
Dimensions:	208 x 142 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32870-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Promotions
LSN:	0-393-32870-8
Barcode:	9780393328707

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