The Probabilistic Revolution, Volume 2: Ideas in the Sciences (The MIT Press) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262610639 ISBN 13: 9780262610636

Publisher: MIT Press, 1990

Synopsis

Winner in the category of Psychology in the 1987 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. This monumental work traces the rise, the transformation, and the diffusion of probabilistic and statistical thinking in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors - scientists, historians, and philosophers of science from eight countries make it possible for readers trained in many disciplines to see why the probabilistic revolution has been so complete and so successful. Lorenz KrA ger, and Michael Heidelberger are philosophers of science at Gottingen University. Lorraine J. Daston is a historian at Brandeis University. Gerd Gigerenzer is a psychologist at the University of Constance, and Mary S. Morgan is an economist at York University.

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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:

Lorenz Kruger is a philosopher of science at Goettingen University. 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. Mary S. Morgan is an economist at York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0262610639
• ISBN 13: 9780262610636
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Kruger Lorenz, Gigerenzer Gerd, Morgan Mary S