Empire of chance, the: how probability changed science and everyday life
Auteur :
Gigerenzer, Gerd / Swijtink, Zeno / Porter, Theodore / Daston, Lorraine / Beatty, John / Kruger, Lorenz
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521398381
Date de publication :
26 oct. 1990
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,3 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
560 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.