Games, gods and gambling : the origins and history of probability and statistical ideas from the earliest times to the Newtonian era
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Games, gods and gambling : the origins and history of probability and statistical ideas from the earliest times to the Newtonian era
Griffin , Hafner, 1962
Available at 38 libraries
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The development of gambling techniques led to the beginning of modern statistics, and this absorbing history illustrates the science's rise with vignettes from the lives of Galileo, Fermat, Pascal, and others. Fascinating allusions to the classics, archaeology, biography, poetry, and fiction endow this volume with universal appeal. 1962 edition.
by "Nielsen BookData"