Subjectivity of Scientists and the Bayesian Approach

Subjectivity of Scientists and the Bayesian Approach

Press, S. James; Tanur, Judith M.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

04/2001

304

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9780471396857

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Prefaceix

1. Introduction 1

2. Selecting the Scientists 17

3. Some Well Known Stories of Extreme Subjectivity 23

3.1 Introduction 23

3.2 Johannes Kepler 23

3.3 Gregor Mendel 26

3.4 Robert Millikan 34

3.5 Cyril Burt 37

3.6 Margaret Mead 43

4. Stories of Famous Scientists 49

4.1 Introduction 49

4.2 Aristotle 51

4.3 Galileo Galilei 60

4.4 William Harvey 71

4.5 Sir Isaac Newton 81

4.6 Antoine Lavoisier 95

4.7 Alexander von Humboldt 110

4.8 Michael Faraday 121

4.9 Charles Darwin 128

4.10 Louis Pasleur 143

4.11 Sigmund Freud 156

4.12 Marie Curie 166

4.13 Albert Einstein 177

4.14 Same Conjecrures About the Scientists 189

5. Subjectivity .in Science in Modern Times: The Bayesian Approach199

Appendix: References by Field of Application for Bayesian Statistical Science225

Bibliography 231

Subject Index 249

Name Index 267
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