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Quantitative History: 1. History's most significant people; 2. Ranking historical figures; 3. Who belongs in Bonnie's textbook?; 4. Reading through the past; 5. Great Americans and the process of canonization; 6. The baseball hall of fame; 7. Historical timescales -- Part II. Historical Rankings: 8. American political figures; 9. Modern world leaders; 10. Science and technology; 11. Religion and philosophy; 12. Sports; 13. The arts; 14. The performing arts; 15. Devils and angels --Appendix A. Ranking methodology -- Appendix B. Resources -- Appendix C. Biographical dictionary. 330 $aIs 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. 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Preliminaries -- 2. Practical Matters -- 3. Towards War -- 4. Dromore and Coleraine -- 5. Clady and Ards Peninsula -- 6. The Defence of Londonderry and Enniskillen -- 7. General Kirke -- 8. Endurance -- 9. The Relief of Londonderry -- 10. A Tired Old Man -- 11. Sligo and Dundalk -- 12. Winter Operations -- 13. The Battle of Boyne -- 14. From Dublin to Limerick -- 15. The First Siege of Limerick -- 16. Cork and Kinsale -- 17. A War of Posts and Ambuscades -- 18. Spring 1691 -- 19. Ballymore and Athlone -- 20. Aughrim and Galway -- 21. The Curious Affair at Sligo -- 22. The Second Siege of Limerick -- 23. 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