The Probabilistic Revolution: Ideas in the Sciences

by Lorenz Kruger

Book Overview

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 Kr?ger, and Michael Heidelberger are philosophers of science...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262610639
• ISBN13: 9780262610636
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher