| Titre : |
Pathways to probability : history of the mathematics of certainty and chance |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Amy C. King, Auteur ; Cecil Byron Read, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
| Année de publication : |
1963 |
| Collection : |
Holt library of science num. Séries I, vol. 10 |
| Importance : |
140 p. |
| Présentation : |
ill. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| Note générale : |
Bibliogr. p. 131-133. - Glossary. - Index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Probabilities
Mathematics -- History
Mathématiques -- Histoire
Probabilités |
| Index. décimale : |
519.2 Probabilités. Statistique mathématique |
| Note de contenu : |
Summary :
1. Are the odds against you?
2. Early glimpses.
3. Arrangements and combinations.
4. The dabbler and the antagonist.
5. The odds of life.
6. The brothers bernoulli.
7. Calculating the risk.
8. Mr. Euler and His contemporaries.
9. Buffon and bayes.
10. Lagrange, Laplace, and Later.
11. Present patterns.
12. A child of probability.
13. Applying probability. |
Pathways to probability : history of the mathematics of certainty and chance [texte imprimé] / Amy C. King, Auteur ; Cecil Byron Read, Auteur . - New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963 . - 140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ( Holt library of science; Séries I, vol. 10) . Bibliogr. p. 131-133. - Glossary. - Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Probabilities
Mathematics -- History
Mathématiques -- Histoire
Probabilités |
| Index. décimale : |
519.2 Probabilités. Statistique mathématique |
| Note de contenu : |
Summary :
1. Are the odds against you?
2. Early glimpses.
3. Arrangements and combinations.
4. The dabbler and the antagonist.
5. The odds of life.
6. The brothers bernoulli.
7. Calculating the risk.
8. Mr. Euler and His contemporaries.
9. Buffon and bayes.
10. Lagrange, Laplace, and Later.
11. Present patterns.
12. A child of probability.
13. Applying probability. |
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Pathways to probability (1963)
