Diaconis, Persi,
Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Measurement -- Judgment -- Psychology -- Frequency -- Mathematics -- Inverse Inference -- Unification -- Algorithmic randomness -- Physical chance -- Induction -- Probability tutorial. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Appendix:
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.
9781400888283 140088828X 0691174164 9780691174167
22573/ctvc6747c JSTOR 9452417 IEEE
Chance.
Probabilities.
Probability
Hasard.
Probabilit�es.
probability.
MATHEMATICS--Applied.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
MATHEMATICS--General.
Chance.
Probabilities.
Electronic books.
History.
QA273
519.2
Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Measurement -- Judgment -- Psychology -- Frequency -- Mathematics -- Inverse Inference -- Unification -- Algorithmic randomness -- Physical chance -- Induction -- Probability tutorial. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Appendix:
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.
9781400888283 140088828X 0691174164 9780691174167
22573/ctvc6747c JSTOR 9452417 IEEE
Chance.
Probabilities.
Probability
Hasard.
Probabilit�es.
probability.
MATHEMATICS--Applied.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
MATHEMATICS--General.
Chance.
Probabilities.
Electronic books.
History.
QA273
519.2