Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521398381)

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 chapters explore the theoretical and methodological impact on biology, physics, and psychology. In contrast to the literature on the mathematical development of probability and statistics, this book centers on how these technical innovations recreated our conceptions of nature, mind, and society.

Author: Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter
ISBN-10: 052139838X
ISBN-13: 9780521398381
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/26/1990
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d