Ten Great Ideas about Chance

Ten Great Ideas about Chance

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Author/Contributor(s): Diaconis, Persi
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date: 11/07/2017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW
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.