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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Diaconis, Persi, author.     Subjects     Chance -- History.     Probabilities -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Diaconis, Persi, author.       by title:      Ten great ideas abou...         MARC Display

Ten great ideas about chance / Persi Diaconis, Brian Skyrms. by Diaconis, Persi, author. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018] Subjects Chance -- History.   Probabilities -- History. ISBN:  9780691174167 : 0691174164 Description:  x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents:  Measurement -- Judgment -- Psychology -- Frequency -- Mathematics -- Inverse inference -- Unification -- Algorithmic randomness -- Physical chance -- Induction. Requests:  0 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. 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"--Dust jacket front flap.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 519.2 Di Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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