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Classical probability in the Enlightenment /
What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason? Classical probabilists from Jakob Bernouli through Pierre Simon Laplace intended their theory as an answer to this question--as "nothing more at bottom than good sense reduced to a calculus," in Laplace's words. In terms that can...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason? Classical probabilists from Jakob Bernouli through Pierre Simon Laplace intended their theory as an answer to this question--as "nothing more at bottom than good sense reduced to a calculus," in Laplace's words. In terms that can be easily grasped by nonmathematicians, Lorraine Daston demonstrates how this view profoundly shaped the internal development of probability theory and defined its applications. |
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| Notas: | "Originally ... a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University"--Preface |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 423 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-412) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691084971 9780691084978 9780691006444 069100644X 9781400844227 1400844223 |