Alain Desrosières

Alain Desrosières (1940–2013) was a statistician, sociologist and historian of science in France, well known for his work in the history of statistics [1][2][3] He is the author of The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning.[4]

References

"L'UQAM décerne un doctorat honorifique à Alain Desrosières dans le cadre du 25e anniversaire du CIRST". Université du Québec à Montréal. 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
Lorraine Daston (2000). "Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it". London Review of Books. 22 (8): 35–36. ISSN 0260-9592.
Raveaud, Gilles (15 February 2013). "Alain Desrosières est mort". Alternatives économiques (in French). Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
Desrosières, Alain (1998). The politics of large numbers : a history of statistical reasoning. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00969-1.

External links

Author's profile at the Centre Alexandre Koyré (EHESS, CNRS)

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[1] "L'UQAM décerne un doctorat honorifique à Alain Desrosières dans le cadre du 25e anniversaire du CIRST". Université du Québec à Montréal. 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2013.

[2] Lorraine Daston (2000). "Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it". London Review of Books. 22 (8): 35–36. ISSN 0260-9592.

[3] Raveaud, Gilles (15 February 2013). "Alain Desrosières est mort". Alternatives économiques (in French). Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[4] Desrosières, Alain (1998). The politics of large numbers : a history of statistical reasoning. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00969-1.