Ten Great Ideas about Chance Paperback / softback
by Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms
Paperback / softback
Description
A fascinating account of the breakthrough ideas that transformed probability and statisticsIn 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.
Complete with a brief probability refresher, Ten Great Ideas about Chance is certain to be a hit with anyone who wants to understand the secrets of probability and how they were discovered.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 44 b/w illus. 8 tables.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:08/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780691196398
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 44 b/w illus. 8 tables.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:08/10/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691196398
