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Evidence and Probability before Pascal

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An edition of The Science of Conjecture (2001)

The Science of Conjecture

Evidence and Probability before Pascal

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  • 6 Want to read

"In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates. Sometimes this type of reasoning avoided numbers entirely, as in the legal standard of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt"; at other times it involved rough numerical estimates, such as gambling odds or the level of risk in chance events.

The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty."--BOOK JACKET.

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The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
512

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Probabilities, History, Evidence

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Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal
2015, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal
2015, Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal
July 23, 2002, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal
June 22, 2001, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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First Sentence

"THE LAW OF EVIDENCE is the central thread in the history of probability."

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Library of Congress
QA273.A4F73 2001, QA273.A4 F73 2001

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
512
Dimensions
9.7 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
Weight
2 pounds

ID Numbers

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OL7870653M
ISBN 10
0801865697
ISBN 13
9780801865695
LCCN
00042429
OCLC/WorldCat
44167263
Library Thing
535975
Goodreads
6298393

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