Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Pathways to modern probability
- 3 Probability in statistical physics
- 4 Quantum mechanical probability and indeterminism
- 5 Classical embeddings of probability and chance
- 6 Von Mises' frequentist probabilities
- 7 Kolmogorov's measure theoretic probabilities
- 8 De Finetti's subjective probabilities
- Supplement: Nicole Oresme and the ergodicity of rotations
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Pathways to modern probability
- 3 Probability in statistical physics
- 4 Quantum mechanical probability and indeterminism
- 5 Classical embeddings of probability and chance
- 6 Von Mises' frequentist probabilities
- 7 Kolmogorov's measure theoretic probabilities
- 8 De Finetti's subjective probabilities
- Supplement: Nicole Oresme and the ergodicity of rotations
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Summary
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- Chapter
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- Creating Modern ProbabilityIts Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994