Classical Probability in the Enlightenment

Author: Daston, Lorraine

Brand: Princeton University Press

Edition: Reprint

Number Of Pages: 451

Details: 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.

EAN: 9780691006444

Release Date: 05-11-1995

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches

Languages: english

Binding: Paperback

Part Number: 9780691006444