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The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#351701-ZB16
Titel	The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal
Auteur	Franklin, James
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	1421418800
ISBN13	9781421418803
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with numerous equations, graphs and diagrams, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk. How did we make reliable predictions before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; how scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and how merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates. The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to con... (Lees verder)sciousness of the human understanding of risk.
Pagina's	497
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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