The Empire of chance : how probability changed science and everyday life /

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gigerenzer, Gerd (Editor ), Swijtink, Zeno (Editor ), Porter, Theodore (Editor ), Daston, Lorraine (Editor ), Beatty, John (Editor ), Krüger, Lorenz (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Colección:Ideas in context.
Temas:
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics.
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Science.
Philosophy
Probability
Science
Probabilités.
Statistique mathématique.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Philosophie.
Sciences.
probability.
philosophy.
sciences (philosophy)
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Naturphilosophie
Naturwissenschaften
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie.
Waarschijnlijkheid (statistiek)
Beïnvloeding.
Wetenschappen.
Culturele aspecten.
Statistikk.
Sannsynlighet.
Philosophie des sciences.
Hasard.
Naturphilosophie.
Naturwissenschaften.
Wahrscheinlichkeit.
Sannsynlighetsregning.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Classical probabilities, 1660-1840
  • Statistical probabilities, 1820-1900
  • The inference experts
  • Chance and life: controversies in modern biology
  • The probabilistic revolution in physics
  • Statistics of the mind
  • Numbers rule the world
  • The implications of chance.

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