Let’s start with a drink

Abstract In this extract from his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty, Adam Kucharski shows how studies of milk, beer and tea drove statistics forward in the early 20th century, and how the brains behind them influenced one another

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Significance
Published
2025-03-28
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https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmaf026
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Philosophy and History of Science
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Let’s start with a drink

Adam J. Kucharski
Significance
Philosophy and History of Science
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Let’s start with a drink

Adam J. Kucharski
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Abstract

Abstract In this extract from his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty, Adam Kucharski shows how studies of milk, beer and tea drove statistics forward in the early 20th century, and how the brains behind them influenced one another

SignificanceVol. 22(3)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
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Philosophy and History of Science
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