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Probability: A Very Short Introduction

Probability: A Very Short Introduction

Haigh, John

Paperback

Series: Very Short Introductions

Probability & Statistics

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0199588481
ISBN13: 9780199588480
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 4 2012
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.40 Width: 4.30 Depth: 6.80
Language: English
Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty requires a sound appreciation of the way random chance works. It requires, in short, an understanding of probability. In this Very Short Introduction, John Haigh introduces the ideas of probability--and the different philosophical approaches to probability--and gives a brief account of the history of development of probability theory, from Galileo and Pascal to Bayes, Laplace, Poisson, and Markov. He describes the basic probability distributions and discusses a wide range of applications in science, economics, and a variety of other contexts such as games and betting. He concludes with an intriguing discussion of coincidences and some curious paradoxes.

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