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The Empire of Chance : How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life (Ideas in Context)
The Empire of Chance How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life - Ideas in Context
Author: Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, John Beatty, Lorenz Kruger
This book tells how quantitative ideas of chance have transformed the natural and social sciences as well as everyday life over the past three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law, medicine, polling, and baseball. Separate ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521331159
ISBN-10: 0521331153
Publication Date: 4/28/1989
Pages: 360
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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