Empire of Chance

Empire of Chance
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780674967649
ISBN-13 : 067496764X
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Empire of Chance by : Anders Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book Empire of Chance written by Anders Engberg-Pedersen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative—a prism for understanding the modern world.


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