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Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

Philosophical Essay on Probabilities Hardcover - 1995

by Pierre-Simon Laplace (Andrew I. Dale)

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New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. First printing. 8vo. 270 pp. Near Fine. Subtle fading to spine. Translated from the fifth French edition of 1825 with notes by the translator, Andrew I. Dale. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.
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  • Title Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
  • Author Pierre-Simon Laplace (Andrew I. Dale)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer-Verlag, New York
  • Date 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x08822
  • ISBN 9780387943497 / 0387943498
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.4 x 0.83 in (24.26 x 16.26 x 2.11 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Probabilities
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94025497
  • Dewey Decimal Code 519.2

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From the publisher

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.

First line

This philosophical Essay is an expanded version of a lecture on probability that I gave in 1795 at the Écoles Normales, whither I had been called as professor aof mathematics with Lagrange by decree of the National Conventiona [1].

From the rear cover

This philosophical Essay is an expanded version of a lecture on probability the author gave in 1795 at the Ecoles Normales, whither he had been called a professor of mathematics with Lagrange by decree of the National Convention.