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Trust in numbers : the pursuit of objectivity in science and public life /

This investigation of the overwhelming appeal of quantification in the modern world discusses the development of cultural meanings of objectivity over two centuries. How are we to account for the current prestige and power of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is seen as d...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Porter, Theodore M., 1953-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995.
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