عنوان

Creating modern probability :

(Number (ISBN

9780511609107 (ebook)

Erroneous ISBN

9780521444033 (hardback)

Erroneous ISBN

9780521597357 (paperback)

Number

b502977

Title Proper

Creating modern probability :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

its mathematics, physics, and philosophy in historical perspective /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jan von Plato.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 323 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge studies in probability, induction and decision theory.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

This 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.

Probabilities-- History.

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Book number

Von Plato, Jan

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

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rda

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[Book]

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