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In previous chapters the role of logic and mathematics in science was discussed, but no attempt was made to teach any specific knowledge of either. In this and a subsequent chapter we discuss two closely related branches of mathematics—probability and statistics—which play such a central role throughout science that we felt it worthwhile to try to explain some of their basic concepts.
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L. H. C. Tippet, Statistics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968).
Albert Einstein, Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement ed. R. Furth, trans. A. D. Cowper (New York: Dover, 1956).
Suggested Reading
Articles by A. J. Ayer, “Chance,” Warren Weaver, “Probability,” and Mark Kac, “Probability,” in Scientific American, Mathematics in the Modern World. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1968.
Chapters on probability in the books by Harold R. Jacobs, Mathematics: A Human Endeavor. 2nd ed. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1982.
Morris Kline, Mathematics for Liberal Arts. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1967.
Weaver, Warren. Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability. New York: Dover, 1982. (Originally published, 1963.).
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Goldstein, M., Goldstein, I. (1984). Probability. In: The Experience of Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0384-6_7
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