{"product_id":"history-of-probability-statistics-p-501-wiley-series-in-probability-and-statistics-9780471471295","title":"History of Probability  Statistics P 501 Wiley","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatistics have helped shape every area of science.   Without the means to analyze critical data, none of the great disoveries of the past would be possible.   This paperback reprint of a Wiley bestseller shows the development of these data analysis tools and the manner in which they aided technological development prior to 1750.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...the account goes into great detail...very accessible...useful for teachers...\" (\u003ci\u003eShort Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 24(1), 2004)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402604945751,"sku":"9780471471295","price":129.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471471295.jpg?v=1730480931","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-of-probability-statistics-p-501-wiley-series-in-probability-and-statistics-9780471471295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}