Description
| Product ID: | 9780521398381 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Ideas in Context |
| Title: | The Empire of Chance |
| Subtitle: | How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life |
| Authors: | Author: Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, Lorenz Kruger, John Beatty |
| Page Count: | 360 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, History of ideas, Philosophy of science, History of science, History of ideas, Philosophy of science, History of science |
| Description: | This book tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life, over the past three centuries The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life, in the last three centuries. It connects the earliest applications of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law, medicine polling and baseball. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1990-10-26 |
