Trust in numbers : the pursuit of objectivity in science and public life / Theodore M. Porter.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.Description: xiv, 310 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780691029085 (pbk.)
- 0691029083 (pbk.)
- 306.45 20
- Q175.5 .P67 1995
- Q175.5 .P67 1995
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| 306.2 VIS Theatres of democracy : | 306.2091724 VEE Controlling news ahead of 2019? / | 306.42 BAS Lokavidya perspectives : | 306.45 POR Trust in numbers : | 306.45 VLA Imperialism and science : | 306.460954 PAR Technology at the core : | 306.540954 KUM Science and the Raj : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-301) and index.
Introduction: Cultures of Objectivity -- Pt. I. Power in Numbers. Ch. 1. A World of Artifice. Ch. 2. How Social Numbers Are Made Valid. Ch. 3. Economic Measurement and the Values of Science. Ch. 4. The Political Philosophy of Quantification -- Pt. II. Technologies of Trust. Ch. 5. Experts against Objectivity: Accountants and Actuaries. Ch. 6. French State Engineers and the Ambiguities of Technocracy. Ch. 7. U.S. Army Engineers and the Rise of Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Pt. III. Political and Scientific Communities. Ch. 8. Objectivity and the Politics of Disciplines. Ch. 9. Is Science Made by Communities?
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