The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900
Theodore M. Porter

Paper | 1988 | $42.00 / £28.95
348 pp.

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Reviews:

"An outstanding feature of Mr. Porter's book is its depiction of the interrelationships between statistics and certain intellectual and social movements. . . . [The book] is unfailingly interesting."--Morris Kline, New York Times Book Review

"The Rise of Statistical Thinking avoids technicalities and concentrates on the flow of ideas between the natural and social sciences. It emphasizes the philosophical issues raised by novel statistical methods, and how they affected the subject's development."--Ian Stewart, Nature

Other Princeton books by Theodore M. Porter:

• Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age.
• Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life.

Subject Areas:

• European History
• History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science
• Mathematics

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