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The Descent of Human Sex Ratio at Birth

A Dialogue between Mathematics, Biology and Sociology

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Paperback, 258 blz. | Engels
Springer Netherlands | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9789048175116
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Springer Netherlands 0e druk, 2010 9789048175116
Onderdeel van serie Methodos Series
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This is an attempt to renew our links with the oldest traditions of scholarly thinking, but is also a well-tempered reflection on today’s work in objectivization. After a deconstruction of the past and present conditions of scientific understanding of human sex-ratio at birth, the authors propose a reconstruction of the dynamics of the phenomenon based on stochastics. Appendices provide information on the first expression of sex ratio trends, as well as a comparison of Darwin’s treatments of the subject.

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ISBN13:9789048175116
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:258
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:0

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<P>Foreword.- Note on Translation.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Physico-Theology and Mathematics (1710-1794).- Chapter 2: Physiology, Probabilities and Statistics (1795-1830).- Chapter 3: Statistical Sources, Law and Medicine (1846-1876).- Chapter 4: Selection, Sexes and Statistics (since 1871).- Chapter 5: A Sociological Issue and its Perversion (1898-1942).- Chapter 6: A Stochastic Re-Evaluation.- Conclusion.- Appendix A: Condorcet (1743-1794).- Appendix B: Charles Darwin (1809-1882).- Appendix C: Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945).- Appendix D: Sex Ratios at Birth and the Calculus of Probabilities.- List of References.</P>

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