Book ID: CBB000040254

Edgeworth on chance, economic hazard, and statistics. Edited by Mirowski, Philip (1994)

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Edgeworth, Francis Y. (Author)


Rowman & Littlefield


Publication Date: 1994
Physical Details: vii + 462 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Gerrard, B. (1995) Review of "Edgeworth on chance, economic hazard, and statistics. Edited by Mirowski, Philip". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 375-76). unapi

Review Porter, T.M. (1995) Review of "Edgeworth on chance, economic hazard, and statistics. Edited by Mirowski, Philip". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 517-18). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Patriarca, Silvana
Rowse, Tim
Brian, Eric
Vannucci, Alberto
Shellam, Tiffany
Porter, Theodore M.
Journals
Histoire & Mesure
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Ricerca Folklorica
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines
Quaderni di Storia dell'Economia Politica
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Publishers
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Routledge
Johns Hopkins University
Elgar Reference Collection
Éditions des Archives Contemporaines
Blackwell
Concepts
Applied statistics
Statistics
Demography; population research
Science and government
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Census tabulation
People
Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro
Jevons, William Stanley
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques
Pearson, Karl
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
France
Italy
New Zealand
Great Britain
Prussia (Germany)
North America
Institutions
Statistical Society of London
Royal Statistical Society
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