Empire of Chance
Download or Read eBook Empire of Chance PDF 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.
| Author | : Anders Engberg-Pedersen |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2015-03-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674967649 |
| ISBN-13 | : 067496764X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Empire of Chance by : Anders Engberg-Pedersen
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.
