Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Classical probabilities, 1660–1840
- 2 Statistical probabilities, 1820–1900
- 3 The inference experts
- 4 Chance and life: controversies in modern biology
- 5 The probabilistic revolution in physics
- 6 Statistics of the mind
- 7 Numbers rule the world
- 8 The implications of chance
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
Subject index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Classical probabilities, 1660–1840
- 2 Statistical probabilities, 1820–1900
- 3 The inference experts
- 4 Chance and life: controversies in modern biology
- 5 The probabilistic revolution in physics
- 6 Statistics of the mind
- 7 Numbers rule the world
- 8 The implications of chance
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
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- The Empire of ChanceHow Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life, pp. 334 - 340Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989