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Games, Gods and Gambling: A History of Probability and Statistical Ideas
Games Gods and Gambling A History of Probability and Statistical Ideas
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The development of gambling techniques led to the beginning of modern statistics, and this absorbing history illustrates the science’s rise with vignettes from the lives of Galileo, Fermat, Pascal, and others. Fascinating allusions to the classics, archaeology, biography, poetry, and fiction endow this volume with universal appeal. 1962 ed... more »
Author:
The development of gambling techniques led to the beginning of modern statistics, and this absorbing history illustrates the science’s rise with vignettes from the lives of Galileo, Fermat, Pascal, and others. Fascinating allusions to the classics, archaeology, biography, poetry, and fiction endow this volume with universal appeal. 1962 ed... more »
ISBN-13: 9780486400235
ISBN-10: 0486400239
Publication Date: 2/6/1998
Pages: 275
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 0486400239
Publication Date: 2/6/1998
Pages: 275
Rating: ?
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Genres:
- Science & Math >> General
- Science & Math >> Mathematics >> History
- Science & Math >> Mathematics >> Applied >> Probability & Statistics
- Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Mathematics >> Applied >> Statistics
