The case of Francis Bacon offers rich opportunities for exploring the interface of science with politics and rhetoric, and for doing so at a critical juncture in its development. Standing at the threshold of modern science, Bacon was a preeminent spokesman for science and a polymathic writer on poli
Statistics on the table: The history of statistical concepts and methods
β Scribed by Stephen M. Stigler
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0343-6993
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The spread of molecular velocities, which was used by MAXWELL and BOLTZHANN for the kinetic theory, is shown to provide a simple pictorial representation of thermodynamic quantities. R&urn&--L'auteur montre que la repartition des vitesses mol6culeires, dejk utilis6e par MAXWELL et BOLTZ-MANN dans la
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