Symmetry and its discontents : essays on the history of inductive probability /
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| Author / Creator: | Zabell, S. L., 1947- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11811861 |
| Summary: | This volume brings together a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics by an eminent scholar in these subjects. Written over the last fifteen years, they fall into three broad categories. The first deals with the use of symmetry arguments in inductive probability, in particular, their use in deriving rules of succession. The second group deals with three outstanding individuals who made lasting contributions to probability and statistics in very different ways. The last group of essays deals with the problem of "predicting the unpredictable." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511126360 9780511126369 051112550X 9780511125508 9780511614293 0511614292 0521444705 9780521444705 052144912X 9780521449120 |