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The Rise of Modern Probability Theory

✍ Scribed by S.L. Zabell

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 76 KB
Volume: 31
Category: Article
ISSN: 1355-2198
DOI: 10.1016/s1355-2198(99)00029-5

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✦ Synopsis

Jan von Plato's book Creating Modern Probability is an outstanding contribution to the history of mathematical probability. Part of its importance stems from the apparent paradox that although the period it covers is central to the development of the subject, this same period has hitherto been among the most neglected and least understood parts of it in historical studies. Thus, in order to appreciate the importance and novel elements of von Plato's book, one must

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