The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

Gerd Gigerenzer, et al.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date:

1990

Number of Pages:

358

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Ideas in Context 12

Price:

32.99

ISBN:

052139838X

Category:

Monograph

BLL Rating:

BLL*

The Basic Library List Committee recommends this book for acquisition by undergraduate mathematics libraries.

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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Classical probabilities, 1660–1840; 2. Statistical probabilities, 1820–1900; 3. The inference experts; 4. Chance and life: controversies in modern biology; 5. The probabilistic revolution in physics; 6. Statistics of the mind; 7. Numbers rule the world; 8. The implications of chance; References; Name index; Subject index.

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History of Mathematics