Ten Great Ideas about Chance
Download or Read eBook Ten Great Ideas about Chance PDF written by Persi Diaconis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Persi Diaconis |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2019-10-08 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691196398 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691196397 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Ten Great Ideas about Chance by : Persi Diaconis
Book excerpt: 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.
