Creating Modern Probability: Its Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective

Jan von Plato

ISBN 10: 0521444039 / ISBN 13: 9780521444033

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994

About this Item

First edition, second printing. Large 8vo. 323 pp. Near Fine. Missing dust jacket. Slight shelfwear to boards.

Seller Inventory # c00728

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Modern Probability: Its Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521444039
• ISBN 13: 9780521444033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In this book the author charts the history and development of modern probability theory.

Review

'... von Plato has consulted and drawn on a substantial body of archival material: letters, unpublished manuscripts, and drafts of later-published papers.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