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BL
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873970
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Osterlind, Steven J.
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| Title & Author
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The error of truth : : how history and mathematics came together to form our character and shape our worldview /\ Steven J. Osterlind.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2019.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource :: illustrations (black and white, and colour)
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| ISBN
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0191869538
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: 0192567381
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: 9780191869532
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: 9780192567383
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0198831609
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9780198831600
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Intro; The Error of Truth How History and Mathematics Came Together to Form Our Character and Shape Our Worldview; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Epigraph; Chapter 1: The Remarkable Story; Chapter 2: The Context; Chapter 3: Beginning in Observation; Chapter 4: The Patterns of Large Numbers; Chapter 5: The Bell Curve Takes Shape; Chapter 6: Evidence and Probability Data; Chapter 7: At Least Squares; Chapter 8: Coming to Everyman; Chapter 9: Probably a Distribution; Chapter 10: Average Man; Chapter 11: Rare Events; Chapter 12: Regression to the Mean; Chapter 13: Interrelated and CorrelatedChapter 14: Discrepancy to Variability; Chapter 15: Related to Relativity; Chapter 16: Psychometrics and Psychological Tests; Chapter 17: The Arts and the Age of the Chip; Chapter 18: The Sum of It All; Bibliography; Index
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| Abstract
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'The Error of Truth' recounts the astonishing and unexpected tale of how quantitative thinking came to be, and considers how seeing the world through a quantitate lens has shaped our perception of the world we live in.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Mathematics-- Psychological aspects.
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Probabilities-- History.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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MATHEMATICS-- Applied.
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MATHEMATICS-- Probability Statistics-- General.
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Mathematics-- Psychological aspects.
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Probabilities.
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| Dewey Classification
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519.2
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| LC Classification
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BC141
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QA273.A4O78 2019
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