Contributions

  • Skyrms, Brian, author - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Princeton University Press, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC519.2
  • LCCQA273.A4D53 2018
  • LCCQA273 .D53 2018
and 1 more
  • LCCQA273.A4 D53 2018

Description

"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." --

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Ten great ideas about chancePrinceton University Press2017

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