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OCoLC |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2004027322 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780393057690 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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pcc |
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SBIM |
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| Classification number |
QA276 |
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| Classification number |
QA276.C678.T758 2005 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cohen, I. Bernard, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1914-2003., |
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Author |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The triumph of numbers : |
| Remainder of title |
how counting shaped modern life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
I. Bernard Cohen. |
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[print] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
W.W. Norton, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
(c)2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
209 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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22 cm. |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. A world of numbers -- |
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Numbers everywhere -- |
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Numbers in history -- |
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Numbers in the Bible : the sin of King David -- |
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Consequences of David's sin -- |
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2. New worlds based on numbers -- |
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Kepler's harmonic law -- |
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Galileo and the laws of motion -- |
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Numbers in the life sciences : does the blood circulate? -- |
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A first exercise in demography : how many people can the Earth support? -- |
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The need for life tables -- |
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A new world of numbers -- |
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Sir William Petty and political arithmetic -- |
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3. Numerology and mystic philosophy : scientists at play with numbers -- |
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What's in a name? : converting names into numbers -- |
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Numerology in science -- |
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A crusader against numerological superstitions -- |
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4. Numbers in the age of reason -- |
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Hutcheson's moral arithmetic -- |
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Hale's numerical plant and animal science -- |
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Thomas Jefferson : a life regulated by numbers -- |
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Benjamin Franklin and numbers -- |
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Franklin and Malthus -- |
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Franklin on numbers and smallpox -- |
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5. New uses for numbers -- |
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Numbers and measures -- |
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A concern with numbers in France : Lavoisier's essay on political arithmetic -- |
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Sir John Sinclair's census of Scotland -- |
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Pinel's medical numbers -- |
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Louis and the numerical method -- |
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New uses for numbers : innovations by Condorcet and Laplace -- |
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6. A deluge of statistics -- |
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Tables galore -- |
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Guerry's studies of crime -- |
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7. Statistics reaches maturity : the age of Quetelet -- |
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Numbers, number science, and Joyce's Ulysses -- |
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Quetelet's world of numbers -- |
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The budget of crimes -- |
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The reliability of statistics -- |
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Comte versus Quetelet : social physics, or sociology? -- |
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What did Quetelet accomplish? -- |
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8. Critics of statistics -- |
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Carlyle and Chartism -- |
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Dickens and statistics -- |
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The Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything -- |
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"Death's ciphering book" -- |
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Corresponding disdain -- |
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Facts and figures : the message of Hard times -- |
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9. Florence Nightingale -- |
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Sanitary reform : the evidence of the numbers -- |
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A passion for statistics. |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The Triumph of Numbers explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in just about everywhere in science, in the operations and s tructure of government, in the analysis of society, in marketing, in sports, and more. |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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| COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematical statistics |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Statistics |
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History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Science |
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History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Science |
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Mathematical models |
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History. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004027322.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004027322.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents |
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<a href="http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014593091&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014593091&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</a> |
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