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Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty (History of Mathematics)

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Author(s): John, Ph.D. Tabak
Series: History of Mathematics
Edition: Revised Edition
Publisher: Facts on File
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 273
Tags: Математика;История математики;

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Introduction......Page 18
Part One: Probability......Page 22
1: The Idea of Randomness......Page 24
2: The Nature of Chance......Page 35
3: Surprising Insights into Probability and Its Uses......Page 62
4: Randomness in a Deterministic Universe......Page 83
5: Random Processes......Page 95
6: Probability as a Mathematical Discipline......Page 107
7: Probability and Risk, an Application......Page 123
Part Two: Statistics......Page 140
Introduction......Page 142
8: The Beginnings of Statistics......Page 144
9: Data Analysis and the Problem of Precision......Page 159
10: The Birth of Modern Statistics......Page 166
11: The Theory of Sampling......Page 181
12: Statistics and Vaccinations......Page 196
Afterword......Page 218
Chronology......Page 229
Glossary......Page 246
Further Resources......Page 250
Index......Page 260