Author:
Daston, Lorraine, 1951-
Edition Statement:New edition.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxxvi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:"Originally ... a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University."--Preface, page xvii.
Note:The prehistory of the classical interpretation of probability: expectation and evidence -- Expectation and the reasonable man -- The theory and practice of risk -- Associationism and the meaning of probability -- The probability of causes -- Moralizing mathematics.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-412) and index.