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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 360 pages; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography: p293-326. - Includes index. Contents:Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Classical probabilities, 1660-1840 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The beginnings -- 1.3 The classical interpretation -- 1.4 Determinism -- 1.5 Reasonableness -- 1.6 Risk in gambling and insurance -- 1.7 Evidence and causes -- 1.8 The moral sciences -- 1.9 Conclusion -- 2 Statistical probabilities, 1820-1900 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Statistical regularity and l'homme moyen -- 2.3 Opposition to statistics -- 2.4 Statistics and variation -- 2.5 The error law and correlation -- 2.6 The statistical critique of determinism -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3 The inference experts -- 3.1 In want of a ""system of mean results --…
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The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life Hardcover - 1989
by Gerd Gigerenzer; Zeno Swijtink; Theodore Porter
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In July of 1654 Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre Fermat about a gambling problem which came to be known as the Problem of Points: Two players are interrupted in the midst of a game of chance, with the score uneven at that point.
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- Title The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
- Author Gerd Gigerenzer; Zeno Swijtink; Theodore Porter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge:
- Date April 28, 1989
- ISBN 9780521331159 / 0521331153
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 0.94 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 2.39 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Philosophy, Probabilities
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88016928
- Dewey Decimal Code 519
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