Theodore Porter

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2020 paperback edition. Princeton University Press. August 18, 2020. ISBN   9780691208428.
  • with Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Lorraine Daston , John Beatty, Lorenz Krüger: The Empire of Chance: How Probability and Statistics Changed Everyday Life (1989) [14]
    • 1990 paperback edition. Cambridge University Press. October 1990. ISBN   9780521398381.
  • Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life (1995) [15]
  • Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age (2004) [16]
    • 2006 paperback edition. Princeton University Press. January 8, 2006. ISBN   9780691126357.
  • Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity (2018) [17]

    • Edited books

    • with Dorothy Ross: The Cambridge History of Science, Vol. 7: The Modern Social Sciences (2003) [18]
    • with Tord Larsen, Michael Blim, Kalpana Ram, and Nigel Rapport: Objectification and Standardization: On the Limits and Effects of Ritually Fixing and Measuring Life (2021) (Ritual Studies Monograph Series)

    Selected articles

    • “A Statistical Survey of Gases: Maxwell’s Social Physics.” (1981) Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences12(1), pp. 77–116. doi : 10.2307/27757490
    • “Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science.” (1992) Social Studies of Science,22(4), pp. 633–51. JSTOR   285458
    • "Statistical and Social Facts from Quetelet to Durkheim." (1995) Sociological Perspectives, 38(1), pp. 15–26. doi : 10.2307/1389259
    • “Speaking Precision to Power: The Modern Political Role of Social Science.” (2006) Social Research, 73(4), pp. 1273–94. JSTOR   40971883
    • "Is the Life of the Scientist a Scientific Unit?" (2006) Isis, 97(2), pp. 314–321. doi : 10.1086/504737 JSTOR   10.1086/504737
    • “Thin Description: Surface and Depth in Science and Science Studies.” (2012) Osiris, 27(1), pp. 209–26. doi : 10.1086/667828
    • "Funny Numbers." (2013) Culture Unbound, 4(4), pp. 585–598. doi : 10.3384/cu.2000.1525.124585

    Notes and references

    1. 1 2 Wise, Norton M. (2023). "From the Office Next Door". In Wise, M. Norton; Morgan, Mary S.; Didier, Emmanuel; Daston, Lorraine; de Chadarevian, Soraya (eds.). Ted's Numbers. Rounded Globe.
    2. 1 2 3 4 Porter, Theodore M. (2018). "Vita: Theodore M. Porter" (PDF). UCLA Department of History. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
    3. 1 2 3 Sepkoski, David (July 20, 2023). "2023 Sarton Medalist: Ted Porter". History of Science Society. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
    4. ↑ Daston, Lorraine (2023). "The Voice of Ted". In Wise, M. Norton; Morgan, Mary S.; Didier, Emmanuel; Daston, Lorraine; de Chadarevian, Soraya (eds.). Ted's Numbers. Rounded Globe.
    5. ↑ Stigler, Steven (2023). "My Correspondence with Ted". In Wise, M. Norton; Morgan, Mary S.; Didier, Emmanuel; Daston, Lorraine; de Chadarevian, Soraya (eds.). Ted's Numbers. Rounded Globe.
    6. ↑ "Theodore M. Porter". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
    7. ↑ E. Popp Berman and D. Hirschman, “The Sociology of Quantification: Where Are We Now?,” Contemp. Sociol., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 257–266, 2018.
    8. ↑ Mennicken, A., & Espeland, W. N. (2019). What’s New with Numbers? Sociological Approaches to the Study of Quantification. Annual Review of Sociology, 45(1), 223–245.
    9. ↑ Hagendijk, R. (1999). An Agenda for STS: Porter on Trust and Quantification in Science, Politics and Society. Social Studies of Science, 29(4), 629–637.
    10. ↑ Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences — History Archived 2008-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
    11. ↑ "Theodore M. Porter". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. October 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
    12. ↑ Wise, M. Norton; Morgan, Mary S.; Didier, Emmanuel; Daston, Lorraine; de Chadarevian, Soraya, eds. (2023). Ted's Numbers. Rounded Globe.
    13. ↑ Daston, L. (1987). The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 by Theodore M. Porter. Isis, 78, 272–274.
    14. ↑ Baird, Davis (1991). "Reviewed Work: The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life by Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, Lorenz Krüger". Isis. 82 (1): 103–105. doi:10.1086/355648. JSTOR   233525.
    15. ↑ Ravetz, J. R. (1997). In Numbers We Trust | Issues in Science and Technology. Issues in Science and Technology, 13(2). Retrieved from https://issues.org/ravetz/
    16. ↑ Turner, Frank M. (2005). "Review of Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age by Theodore M. Porter". The American Historical Review. 110 (3): 872–873. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.3.872.
    17. ↑ Carter, N. (2020). Genetics in the madhouse: the unknown history of human heredity. Disability & Society, 35(4), 691–692.
    18. ↑ Hands, D. Wade (September 2005). "Book Review: The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 7: The Modern Social Sciences, edited by Theodore M. Porter and Dorothy Ross". Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 27 (3): 355–357. doi:10.1017/S1053837200008877.
    Theodore Porter
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    Porter at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting
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    Thesis The Calculus of Liberalism: The Development of Statistical Thinking in the Social and Natural Sciences of the Nineteenth Century
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