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Title The Empire of chance : how probability changed science and everyday life / Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, Lorenz Kruger.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 340 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ideas in context
Ideas in context.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-326) and indexes.
Contents 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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Subject Probabilities.
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics.
Mathematical statistics.
Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy.
Probabilités.
Statistique mathématique.
Sciences -- Philosophie.
MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie.
Waarschijnlijkheid (statistiek)
Beïnvloeding.
Wetenschappen.
Culturele aspecten.
Philosophie des sciences.
Probabilités.
Statistique mathématique.
Hasard.
Naturphilosophie.
Naturwissenschaften.
Wahrscheinlichkeit.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gigerenzer, Gerd, editor.
Swijtink, Zeno, editor.
Porter, Theodore, editor.
Daston, Lorraine, 1951- editor.
Beatty, John (Professor of history of science), editor.
Krüger, Lorenz, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Empire of chance. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989 0521331153 (DLC) 88016928 (OCoLC)17982634
ISBN 9781461949060 (electronic book)
1461949068 (electronic book)
9780511720482 (electronic book)
0511720483 (electronic book)
9781107387225 (electronic book)
1107387221 (electronic book)
9780521331159 (hardback)
0521331153 (hardback)
9780521398381 (paperback)
052139838X (paperback)