The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal

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Taylor & Francis, 2002 - History - 497 pages
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Before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654, how did we make reliable predictions? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In this book, 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.
 

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TitleThe Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal
A Johns Hopkins paperback
AuthorJames Franklin
Editionreprint, annotated
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 2002
ISBN0801871093, 9780801871092
Length497 pages
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