Ten great ideas about chance /: Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.

Diaconis, Persi,; Skyrms, Brian,

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]

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English

Description

1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.

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Skyrms, Brian, author.

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Ten great ideas about chance.

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