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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Review
" 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
" 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
& quot; 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.& quot; -- Patrick Suppes, Stanford University
& quot; 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.& quot; -- 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
"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
About the Author
Gerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of Calculated Risks, among other books, and the coeditor of Bounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox and Heuristics and the Law, both published by the MIT Press.
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