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Cambndge
Now in paperback The Empire of Chance
How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
GERD GIGERENZER, ZENO SWUTINK, THEODORE PORTER, LORRAINE
DASTON, JOHN BEATTY and LORENZ KRUGER
The book provides a welcome introduction to the main historical themes of probability statistics, and inference. It is, at the same time, impressive in its range and subject-matter and in its depth of analysis.'
The Times Higher Education Supplement £12.95 net PB 0 521 39838 X 340 pp. Ideas in Context
The Taming of Chance
IAN HACKING
Combining detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve, Hacking provides a unique analysis of the 'probilisation' of the Western world. £27.50 net HB 0 521 38014 6 280 pp. £9.95 net PB 0 521 38884 8 Ideas in Context
Governing the Commons
The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action ELINOR OSTROM
An exploration of the issues surrounding the governance of natural resources, discussing both state and market control options. '£27.50 net HB 0 521 37101 5 300 pp. £9.95 net PB 0 521 40599 8 Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Now in paperback The Field of Social Investment
SEVERYN T. BRUYN
... a comprehensive analysis which . . . approaches the subject from all its facets, yet gives a unified view. I am pleased to recommend it to the academic and corporate worlds, and to those practicing sodally responsible investing.' Robert J. Schwartz, Director Social Investment
Forum Shearson/American Express £10.95 net PB 0 521 40776 1 320 pp. ASA Rose Monograph Series
Cambridge
University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK.