Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.
Diaconis, Persi, author.; Skyrms, Brian, author.
2018
QA273.A4 D53 2018eb
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Title Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.
Author Diaconis, Persi, author.
ISBN 9781400888283 (electronic book)
140088828X (electronic book)
9780691174167
0691174164
Published Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
Call Number QA273.A4 D53 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 519.2
Summary "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"--Dust jacket front flap.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
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Measurement
Judgment
Psychology
Frequency
Mathematics
Inverse inference
Unification
Algorithmic randomness
Physical chance
Induction.

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