{"product_id":"a-history-of-probability-and-statistics-and-their-applications-before-1750-paperback-softback-9780471471295","title":"A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780471471295","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnders Hald (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471471295, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e612 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.783 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the account goes into great detail...very accessible...useful for teachers...\" (\u003ci\u003eShort Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 24(1), 2004)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWILEY-INTERSCIENCE PAPERBACK SERIES  \u003cp\u003eThe Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the Reviews of History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a marvelous book . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in the history of statistics, or in understanding how modern ideas have developed, will find this an invaluable resource.\"\u003cbr\u003e –Short Book Reviews of ISI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Book and Its Relation to Other Works.  \u003cp\u003e2. A Sketch of the Background in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Early Concepts of Probability and Chance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Cardano and \u003ci\u003eLiber de Ludo Aleae\u003c\/i\u003e, c. 1565.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Foundation of Probability Theory by Pascal and Fermat in 1654.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Huygens and \u003ci\u003eDe Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae\u003c\/i\u003e, 1657.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. John Graunt and the \u003ci\u003eObservations Made upon the Bills of Mortality\u003c\/i\u003e, 1662.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Probabilistic Interpretation of Graunt's Life Table.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Early History of Life Insurance Mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Mathematical Models and Statistical Methods in Astronomy from Hipparchus to Kepler and Galileo. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Newtonian Revolution in Mathematics and Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Miscellaneous Contributions Between 1657 and 1708.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Great Leap Forward, 1708 - 1718: A Survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. New Solutions to Old Problems, 1708 - 1718.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. James Bernoulli and \u003ci\u003eArs Conjectandi\u003c\/i\u003e, 1713.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Bernoulli's Theorem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Tests of Significance Based on the Sex Ratio at Birth and the Binomial Distribution, 1712 - 1713.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Montmort and the \u003ci\u003eEssay d'Analyse sur les Jeux de Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e, 1708 and 1713.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The Problem of Coincidences and the Compound Probability Theorem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Problems of the Duration of Play, 1708–1718.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Nicholas Bernoulli.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. De Moivre and the \u003ci\u003eDoctrine of Chances\u003c\/i\u003e, 1718, 1738, and 1756.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Problem of the Duration of Play and the Method of Difference Equations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. De Moivre's Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution, 1733.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Insurance Mathematics of de Moivre and Simpson, 1725-1756.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematics%20%5BPB%5D%22\"\u003ePB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Interscience","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52293485953304,"sku":"9780471471295","price":103.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471471295.jpg?v=1781641846","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-probability-and-statistics-and-their-applications-before-1750-paperback-softback-9780471471295","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}