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020 _a9780511609107 (ebook)
020 _z9780521444033 (hardback)
020 _z9780521597357 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQA273
_b.V66 1994
082 0 0 _a519.2
_220
100 1 _aVon Plato, Jan,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCreating modern probability :
_bits mathematics, physics, and philosophy in historical perspective /
_cJan von Plato.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1994.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 323 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in probability, induction and decision theory
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis is the only book to chart the history and development of modern probability theory. It shows how in the first thirty years of this century probability theory became a mathematical science. The author also traces the development of probabilistic concepts and theories in statistical and quantum physics. There are chapters dealing with chance phenomena, as well as the main mathematical theories of today, together with their foundational and philosophical problems. Among the theorists whose work is treated at some length are Kolmogorov, von Mises and de Finetti. The principal audience for the book comprises philosophers and historians of science, mathematicians concerned with probability and statistics, and physicists. The book will also interest anyone fascinated by twentieth-century scientific developments because the birth of modern probability is closely tied to the change from a determinist to an indeterminist world-view.
650 0 _aProbabilities
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521444033
830 0 _aCambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511609107
999 _c516868
_d516866