Who's bigger? : where historical figures really rank /
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Author / Creator: | Skiena, Steven S., author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. ©2014 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11832076 |
Summary: | Is Hitler bigger than Napoleon? Washington bigger than Lincoln? Picasso bigger than Einstein? Quantitative analysts are rapidly finding homes in social and cultural domains, from finance to politics. What about history? In this fascinating book, Steve Skiena and Charles Ward bring quantitative analysis to bear on ranking and comparing historical reputations. They evaluate each person by aggregating the traces of millions of opinions, just as Google ranks webpages. The book includes a technical discussion for readers interested in the details of the methods, but no mathematical or computational background is necessary to understand the rankings or conclusions. Along the way, the authors present the rankings of more than one thousand of history's most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor. Anyone interested in history or biography can see where their favorite figures place in the grand scheme of things. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references [pages 361-365] and index. |
ISBN: | 9781139649605 1139649604 9781107472464 1107472466 9781107468856 110746885X 9781107459595 1107459591 9781107041370 1107041376 |