Philosophy and Fun of Algebra: Enriched edition. Exploring the Beauty of Algebra: A Philosophical Approach to Mathematical Concepts and Educational Literature Mary Everest Boole
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What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason? Classical probabilists from Jakob Bernouli through Pierre Simon Laplace intended their theory as an answer to this question--as "nothing more at bottom than good sense reduced to a calculus," in Laplace's words. In terms that can be easily grasped by nonmathematicians, Lorraine Daston demonstrates how this view profoundly shaped the internal development of probability theory and defined its applications.
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Libro electrónico: 11 de mayo de 2021