{"product_id":"ten-great-ideas-about-chance-9780691196398","title":"Ten Great Ideas about Chance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating account of the breakthrough ideas that transformed probability and statistics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them. Complete with a brief probability refresher, \u003ci\u003eTen Great Ideas about Chance\u003c\/i\u003e is certain to be a hit with anyone who wants to understand the secrets of probability and how they were discovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersi Diaconis\u003c\/b\u003e is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMagical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003eBrian Skyrms\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, and Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. His books include \u003ci\u003eSignals: Evolution, Learning, and Information.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460734095634,"sku":"9780691196398","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce1a97f1-8d20-498d-b595-6febba8e8316.jpg?v=1737123177","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ten-great-ideas-about-chance-9780691196398","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}