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Genetics in the Madhouse
The Unknown History of Human Heredity
Inbunden, 2018
315 kr
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The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they …
Trust in Numbers
The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
Häftad, 2020
406 kr
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A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantificationWhat accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the …
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 7, The Modern Social Sciences
Av Theodore M. Porter, Dorothy Ross
Inbunden, 2003
2589 kr
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This volume provides a history of the concepts, practices, institutions, and ideologies of social sciences (including behavioural and economic sciences) since the eighteenth century. It offers original, synthetic accounts of the historical development of social knowledge, including its …
Karl Pearson
The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age
Häftad, 2006
936 kr
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Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new …
Genetics in the Madhouse
The Unknown History of Human Heredity
Häftad, 2020
289 kr
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The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they …
Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900
Häftad, 2020
323 kr
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An essential work on the origins of statisticsThe Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field's origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore …
Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900
E-bok, 2020
428 kr
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An essential work on the origins of statistics The Rise of Statistical Thinking , 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field''s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore …
Trust in Numbers
The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
E-bok, 2020
428 kr
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A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantification What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the …
Karl Pearson
The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age
E-bok, 2010
682 kr
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Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new …
Genetics in the Madhouse
The Unknown History of Human Heredity
E-bok, 2018
412 kr
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The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredity In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they …
