wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age
ISBN: 9780691126357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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 basis for relations between men and women. This biography recounts Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science. Theodore Porter's intensely personal portrait of Pearson extends from religious crisis and sexual tensions to... Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as eth... |
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229,76 zł |
Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity
ISBN: 9780691203232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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 pointed to heredity as the most important of these
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 a...
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136,76 zł |
The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900
ISBN: 9780691208428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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153,17 zł |
Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity
ISBN: 9780691164540 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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164,12 zł |
Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
ISBN: 9780691208411 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. 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 study of stars, molecules, or cells should be a
A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantificationWhat accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that...
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142,88 zł |
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 7, the Modern Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780521594424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 790 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Forty-two essays by authors from five continents and many disciplines provide a synthetic account of the history of the social sciences - including behavioral and economic sciences since the late eighteenth century. The authors emphasize the cultural and intellectual preconditions of social science, and its contested but important role in the history of the modern world. While there are many historical books on particular disciplines, there are very few about the social sciences generally, and none that deal with so much of the world over so long a timespan.
Forty-two essays by authors from five continents and many disciplines provide a synthetic account of the history of the social sciences - including be...
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715,28 zł |
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
ISBN: 9780691172521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In the mid-1950s, a young professor at Princeton named Charles Gillispie began teaching Humanities 304, one of the first undergraduate courses offered anywhere in the world on the history of science. From Galileo's analysis of motion to theories of evolution and relativity, Gillispie introduces key concepts, individuals, and themes. The Edge of Objectivity arose out of this course. It must have been a lively class. The Edge of... Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In ... |
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175,06 zł |