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Dewey Class	519.2
Title	Philosophical Essay on Probabilities ([EBook]) / by Andrew I. Dale, Pierre-Simon Laplace.
Author	Dale, Andrew I.
Added Personal Name	Laplace, Pierre-Simon. , 1749-1827
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : Springer , 1995.
Physical Details	XVIII, 270 pages : online resource.
Series	Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences 0172-6315 ; ; 13
ISBN	9781461241843
Contents note	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.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4184-3
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mathematics . Probabilities . Probability theory and stochastic processes . Authors: author . Dale, Andrew I. . Laplace, Pierre-Simon. 1749-1827 . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences . Classification: 519.2 .

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