Classical Probability in the Enlightenment Paperback / softback
by Lorraine Daston
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What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason?
Classical probabilists from Jakob Bernouli through Pierre Simon Laplace intended their theory as an answer to this question--as "nothing more at bottom than good sense reduced to a calculus," in Laplace's words.
In terms that can be easily grasped by nonmathematicians, Lorraine Daston demonstrates how this view profoundly shaped the internal development of probability theory and defined its applications.
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- Pages:448 pages, 3 figures
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:05/11/1995
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- ISBN:9780691006444
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 3 figures
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:05/11/1995
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- ISBN:9780691006444