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Ten great ideas about chance /

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Diaconis, Persi (Author), Skyrms, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Measurement
  • 2. Judgment
  • 3. Psychology
  • 4. Frequency
  • 5. Mathematics
  • 6. Inverse Inference
  • 7. Unification
  • 8. Algorithmic randomness
  • 9. Physical chance
  • 10. Induction
  • Appendix: Probability tutorial.