Pierre-Simon Laplace Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

Translated from the fifth French edition of 1825 With Notes by the Translator

By:

Pierre Simon Laplace

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Hardback

Series:

Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

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Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) is remembered amoung probabilitists today particularly for his "Theorie analytique des probabilites", published in 1812. The "Essai philosophique dur les probabilites" is his introduction for the second edition of this work. Here Laplace provided a popular exposition on his "Theorie". The "Essai", based on a lecture on probability given by Laplace in 1794, underwent sweeping changes, almost doubling in size, in the various editions published during Laplace's lifetime. Translations of various editions in different languages have apeared over the years. The only English translation of 1902 reads awkwardly today. This is a thorough and modern translation based on the recent re-issue, with its voluminous notes, of the fifth edition of 1826, with preface by Rene Thom and postscript by Bernard Bru. In the second part of the book, the reader is provided with an extensive commentary by the translator including valuable histographical and mathematical remarks and various proofs.

Release date Australia

December 13th, 1994

Author

Pierre Simon Laplace

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Notes by A.I. Dale
Translated by A.I. Dale

Illustrations

XVIII, 270 p.

Pages

270

Series

Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Dimensions

156x234x17

ISBN-13

9780387943497

Product ID

2844246

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