Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank
Autor Steven Skiena, Charles B. Warden Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2013
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107041370
ISBN-10: 1107041376
Pagini: 391
Ilustrații: 101 b/w illus. 2 maps 176 tables
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1107041376
Pagini: 391
Ilustrații: 101 b/w illus. 2 maps 176 tables
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Part I. Quantitative History: 1. History's most significant people; 2. Ranking historical figures; 3. Who belongs in Bonnie's textbook?; 4. Reading through the past; 5. Great Americans and the process of canonization; 6. The baseball hall of fame; 7. Historical time scales; Part II. Historical Rankings: 8. American political figures; 9. Modern world leaders; 10. Science and technology; 11. Religion and philosophy; 12. Sports; 13. The arts; 14. The performing arts; 15. Devils and angels; Part III. Appendices: A. Ranking methodology; B. Resources; C. Biographical dictionary.
Recenzii
'This is all fun: reputational face-offs are great entertainment. And, shrewdly, Skiena and Ward have an app. More seriously, historians will put quantitative analysis to good use - and their model may help historiographers grapple with Wikipedia.' New Scientist
'I confess to simply liking the book. I still do not care about the great order of things; nonetheless, I very much appreciate a huge amount of fascinating detail that the book makes available at one's fingertips, and the orderly manner in which it does that.' Alex Bogomolny, MAA Reviews
'… the authors' enthusiasm and sense of play are infectious.' Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
'I confess to simply liking the book. I still do not care about the great order of things; nonetheless, I very much appreciate a huge amount of fascinating detail that the book makes available at one's fingertips, and the orderly manner in which it does that.' Alex Bogomolny, MAA Reviews
'… the authors' enthusiasm and sense of play are infectious.' Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
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Descriere
Data-driven rankings of thousands of history's most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.