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100 1 _aDiaconis, Persi
245 1 0 _aTen great ideas about chance
_c/ Persi Diaconis , Brian Skyrms
260 _aPrinceton
_b: Princeton University Press
_c, 2018
300 _a255 p. :
_billus.:
_c25 cm
520 _aIn 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.
546 _aEnglish
650 _aGambling
650 _aMathematicians
650 _aPhysicians
700 _aSkyrms, Brain
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