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Lang Matl
Author Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003.

Title The triumph of numbers : how counting shaped modern life / I. Bernard Cohen.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, 2006, c2005.

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 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  QA276    Available
Description 209 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index.
Contents A world of numbers -- Numerology and mystic philosophy: scientists at play with numbers -- Numbers in the age of reason -- New uses for numbers -- A deluge of statistics -- Statistics reaches maturity: the age of Quetelet -- Critics of statistic
Subject Mathematical statistics -- History.
Statistics -- History.
Science -- History.
Science -- Mathematical models -- History.
ISBN 0393328708
9780393328707