عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
BC141 O78 2019
BC141
O78
2019
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0191869538
(Number (ISBN
0192567381
(Number (ISBN
9780191869532
(Number (ISBN
9780192567383
Erroneous ISBN
0198831609
Erroneous ISBN
9780198831600
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The error of truth :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
how history and mathematics came together to form our character and shape our worldview /
First Statement of Responsibility
Steven J. Osterlind.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (black and white, and colour)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Intro; The Error of Truth How History and Mathematics Came Together to Form Our Character and Shape Our Worldview; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Epigraph; Chapter 1: The Remarkable Story; Chapter 2: The Context; Chapter 3: Beginning in Observation; Chapter 4: The Patterns of Large Numbers; Chapter 5: The Bell Curve Takes Shape; Chapter 6: Evidence and Probability Data; Chapter 7: At Least Squares; Chapter 8: Coming to Everyman; Chapter 9: Probably a Distribution; Chapter 10: Average Man; Chapter 11: Rare Events; Chapter 12: Regression to the Mean; Chapter 13: Interrelated and CorrelatedChapter 14: Discrepancy to Variability; Chapter 15: Related to Relativity; Chapter 16: Psychometrics and Psychological Tests; Chapter 17: The Arts and the Age of the Chip; Chapter 18: The Sum of It All; Bibliography; Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
'The Error of Truth' recounts the astonishing and unexpected tale of how quantitative thinking came to be, and considers how seeing the world through a quantitate lens has shaped our perception of the world we live in.
USERS/INTENDED AUDIENCE NOTE
Text of Note
Specialized.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
International Standard Book Number
9780198831600
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Knowledge, Theory of.
Mathematics-- Psychological aspects.
Probabilities-- History.
Knowledge, Theory of.
MATHEMATICS-- Applied.
MATHEMATICS-- Probability & Statistics-- General.
Mathematics-- Psychological aspects.
Probabilities.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MAT-- 003000
MAT-- 029000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
519
.
2
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BC141
Class number
QA273
.
A4
Book number
O78
2019
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Osterlind, Steven J.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822092710.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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