Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.
Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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G 2019/5404
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English
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Physical content
x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Measurement -- Judgment -- Psychology -- Frequency -- Mathematics -- Inverse inference -- Unification -- Algorithmic randomness -- Physical chance -- Induction -- Appendix : probability tutorial.
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2018]
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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. Thi...
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Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-246) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/5404
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74VKa2dJ74xb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa2dJ74xb
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ISBN
0691174164 (hardback)
9780691174167 (hardback)
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519.2
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991024274013002626
