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Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Ser.: Philosophical
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- ISBN
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- Publication Name
- Philosophical Essays on Probabilities : Translated from the Fifth French Edition of 1825
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Series
- Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 45.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- Xviii, 270 Pages
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Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) is remembered amoung probabilitists today particularly for his "Theorie analytique des probabilites," published in 1812. The "Essai philosophique dur les probabilites" is his introduction for the second edition of this work. Here Laplace provided a popular exposition on his "Theorie." The "Essai," based on a lecture on probability given by Laplace in 1794, underwent sweeping changes, almost doubling in size, in the various editions published during Laplace's lifetime. Translations of various editions in different languages have apeared over the years. The only English translation of 1902 reads awkwardly today. This is a thorough and modern translation based on the recent re-issue, with its voluminous notes, of the fifth edition of 1826, with preface by Rene Thom and postscript by Bernard Bru. In the second part of the book, the reader is provided with an extensive commentary by the translator including valuable histographical and mathematical remarks and various proofs.
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Springer New York
ISBN-10
0387943498
ISBN-13
9780387943497
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Philosophical Essays on Probabilities : Translated from the Fifth French Edition of 1825
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Series
Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xviii, 270 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
45.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
13
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qa273.A1-274.9
Table of Content
Philosophical Essay on Probabilities.- On probability.- General principles of the probability calculus.- On expectation.- On analytical methods in the probability calculus.- Applications of the probability calculus.- On games of chance.- On unknown inequalities that may exist on between supposedly equal chances.- On laws of probability resulting from the indefinite repetition of events.- Application of the probability calculus to natural philosophy.- Application of the probability calculus to the moral sciences.- On the means of the results of a large number of observations.- On the probability of testimony.- On elections and decisions of assemblies.- On the probability of judicial decisions.- On tables of mortality and the mean duration of life, marriages and associations in general.- On the benefits of institutions that depend on the probability of events.- On illusions in the estimation of probabilities.- On various approaches to certainty.- Historical note on the probability calculus.- Notes.
Copyright Date
1995
Topic
Probability & Statistics / General
Lccn
94-025497
Dewey Decimal
519.2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Mathematics
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