The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field’s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, th...(展开全部)

The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field’s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, th...(展开全部)

Review The Rise of Statistical Thinking avoids technicalities and concentrates on the flow of ideas between the natural and social sciences. It emphasizes the philosophical issues raised by novel statistical methods, and how they affected the subject's development. Book Description "An outstanding feature of Mr. Porter's book is its depiction of the interrelationships between s...(展开全部)

Review The Rise of Statistical Thinking avoids technicalities and concentrates on the flow of ideas between the natural and social sciences. It emphasizes the philosophical issues raised by novel statistical methods, and how they affected the subject's development. Book Description "An outstanding feature of Mr. Porter's book is its depiction of the interrelationships between s...(展开全部)

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The first comprehensive history of the Turkish economy The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. In Uneven Centuries, Şevket Pamuk examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the pa...(展开全部)

内容推荐 上海的日本侨民与其他国家侨民相比，有其显著的特点： 其一，人数最众，在上海开埠后的20年间，当西方英、美、法等国侨民涌入上海之时，上海还没有常住的日本侨民，但到了民国初年，上海日本侨民数量之多已居全国侨民之首，占上海外国侨民总数的三分之一以上；到日本侵占上海后的1942年，在上海的日本侨民数量已超过10万，占上海外国侨民总数的三分之二。 其二，居住集中。近代上海日本侨民绝大多数聚居于苏州河北公共租界地区，尤以虹口一带更为密集，形成了以吴淞路和北四川路为经、两路分支马路为纬的一片“日本化”街市，充满了日本乡土情调。 其三，就业面广。据本世纪50年代调查，近代上海日本侨民除服务于当地的日本军政特机关外，所从事的职业，从金融工商、文化艺术、教育科技、医药卫生、宗教神职到手工艺、娱乐服务等多达100余种，几乎当时上海所有的行当都有日本侨民置身其间，...(展开全部)

Qiaopi is one of several names given to the "silver letters" Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operation...(展开全部)

Qiaopi is one of several names given to the "silver letters" Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operation...(展开全部)