Theodore M. Porter, Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv + 310. ISBN 0-691-03776-0. £19.95, $24.95

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Theodore M. Porter, Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv + 310. ISBN 0-691-03776-0. £19.95, $24.95 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Science 29 (2):246-247 (1996)

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