{"product_id":"creating-modern-probability-9780521597357","title":"Creating Modern Probability","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the only book to chart the history and development of modern probability theory, showing how in the first thirty years of this century probability theory became a mathematical science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… von Plato has consulted and drawn on a substantial body of archival material: letters, unpublished manuscripts, and drafts of later-published papers. Thus his book does not just (as is sometimes the case) simply revisit the standard chestnuts of the field, but substantially adds to our knowledge of them … In sum, this is a welcome addition to the literature: timely, informed, and technically competent.' Isis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Pathways to modern probability; 3. Probability in statistical physics; 4. Quantum mechanical probability and indeterminism; 5. Classical embeddings of probability and chance; 6. Von Mises' frequentist probabilities; 7. Kolmogorov's measure theoretic probabilities; 8. De Finetti's subjective probabilities; Supplement: Nicole Oresme and the ergodicity of rotations; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767691313495,"sku":"9780521597357","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521597357.jpg?v=1758714430","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-modern-probability-9780521597357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}