Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank

Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank
ISBN-10
1107041376
ISBN-13
9781107041370
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
379
Language
English
Published
2013-10-14
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Charles B. Ward, Steven Skiena

Description

The authors use quantitative analysis to rank the prominence of more than 1,000 of history's biggest figures, while also discussing trends gleaned from the rankings, as well as the computational methods used to determine the rankings.

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