Trust in Numbers by Theodore M. Porter

Trust in Numbers

Theodore M. Porter

328 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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This investigation of the overwhelming appeal of quantification in the modern world discusses the development of cultural meanings of objectivity over two centuries. How are we to account for the current prestige and power of quantitative methods?...

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