Interpreting Probability : Controversies and Developments in the Early Twentieth Century

David Howie

ISBN 10: 0521812518 / ISBN 13: 9780521812511

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The term probability can be used in two main senses. In the frequency interpretation it is a limiting ratio in a sequence of repeatable events. In the Bayesian view, probability is a mental construct representing uncertainty. This 2002 book is about these two types of probability and investigates how, despite being adopted by scientists and statisticians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Bayesianism was discredited as a theory of scientific inference during the 1920s and 1930s. Through the examination of a dispute between two British scientists, the author argues that a choice between the two interpretations is not forced by pure logic or the mathematics of the situation, but depends on the experiences and aims of the individuals involved. The book should be of interest to students and scientists interested in statistics and probability theories and to general readers with an interest in the history, sociology and philosophy of science.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521812511

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Interpreting Probability : Controversies and Developments in the Early Twentieth Century
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521812518
• ISBN-13: 9780521812511
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

This 2002 book investigates how Bayesianism as one theory of probability was discredited during the 1920s and 1930s by two British scientists and shows how the choice of a certain interpretation of probability depends on the experiences of the individuals involved.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.