Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

by Theodore M. Porter, John Beatty, Lorraine Daston, et al.

Book Overview

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last 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 in biology, physics and psychology. Themes recur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052139838X
• ISBN13: 9780521398381
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"