Alain Desrosières
Encyclopedia
Alain Desrosières is a statistician at the INSEE
and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS (France
), well-known for his work in the history of statistics
. He is the author of The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning (Harvard University Press
, 1998).
INSEE
INSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System...
and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), well-known for his work in the history of statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
. He is the author of The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning (Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1998).
External links
- Author's profile at the Centre Alexandre Koyré (EHESS, CNRS)