The Empire of Chance How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life |
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| Author:
| Gigerenzer, Gerd
Swijtink, Zeno
Porter, Theodore
Daston, Lorraine
Kruger, Lorenz
Beatty, John |
| Contribution by:
| Daston, Lorraine
Ross, Dorothy
Skinner, Quentin
Tully, James |
| Series title: | Ideas in Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-39838-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1990 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.