The Bernoullis and the origin of probability theory: Looking back after 300 years

Resonance

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 26-42

  Polasek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Differential Calculus; Huygens; Pebble; Random Experiment; True Proportion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861449960     PISSN: 09718044     EISSN: 0973712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02837935     Document Type: Article

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