Probability : a very short introduction /
Haigh, John, Dr.
Probability : a very short introduction / John Haigh. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 128 p. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; n.310 . - Very short introductions ; 310. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.
1. Fundamentals -- 2. The workings of probability -- 3. Historical sketch -- 4. Chance experiments -- 5. Making sense of probabilities -- 6. Games people play -- 7. Applications in science, medicine, and operations research -- 8. Other applications -- 9. Curiosities and dilemmas.
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.
9780199588480
Probabilities.
R AC 5 / V573
081
Probability : a very short introduction / John Haigh. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 128 p. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; n.310 . - Very short introductions ; 310. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.
1. Fundamentals -- 2. The workings of probability -- 3. Historical sketch -- 4. Chance experiments -- 5. Making sense of probabilities -- 6. Games people play -- 7. Applications in science, medicine, and operations research -- 8. Other applications -- 9. Curiosities and dilemmas.
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.
9780199588480
Probabilities.
R AC 5 / V573
081