Isbn: 9780262610636 - the probabilistic revolution, volume 2: ideas in the sciences (bradford books) (2 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Some creasing and rubbing to covers.; 1990 paperback reprint of a title originally published in 1987. xvi, [4], 459 pages. Page dimensions: 226 x 151mm. "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." Part V of this volume is on Evolutionary Biology, and is made up of the following chapters: "The Probablistic Revolution in Evolutionary Biology - An Overview" by John Beatty; "Natural Selection as a Causal, Empirical, and Probablistic Theory" by J. S. Hodge; "Dobzhansky and Drift: Facts, Values, and Chance in Evolutionary Biology" by John Beatty; "Random Genetic Drift, R. A. Fisher, and the Oxford School of Ecological Genetics" by John R. G. Turner; "On the Prior Probability of the Existence of Life" by Bernd-Olaf Küppers. Part VI on Physics includes the chapter "Max Born and the Reality of Quantum Probabilities" by Nancy Cartwright, along with 3 other chapters on Physics.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 480 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.