The Probabilistic Revolution: Ideas in History, Ideas in the Sciences - Hardcover

 
9780262111256: The Probabilistic Revolution: Ideas in History, Ideas in the Sciences

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Synopsis

This monumental work traces the rise, the transformation, and the diffusion of probabilistic and statistical thinking in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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About the Author

Lorenz Krüger is a philosopher of science at Göttingen University.

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"These two volumes come close to the best that can be achieved on the topics and the period covered. They contain a mine of historical and philosophical material. You can dip in almost anywhere and be interested."
Nature
"I can think of no other comparable work that comes even close to covering the same important material in the history of science and philosophy."
Patrick Suppes, Stanford University

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9780262610629: The Probabilistic Revolution, Volume 1: Ideas in History (Bradford Books)

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ISBN 10:  0262610620 ISBN 13:  9780262610629
Publisher: Bradford Books, 1990
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