Probability and statistics : (Record no. 223)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 1467 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200630102928.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 030725s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0816049564 (acidfree paper) |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER | |
| International Standard Serial Number | 9788130900919 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | PK |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.2/09 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| Item number | T112 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tabak, John. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Probability and statistics : |
| Remainder of title | the science of uncertainty / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Tabak. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Dehli : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Viva Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 226 p. |
| Other physical details | ill ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The history of mathematics |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Probabilities |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical statistics |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Contents<br/>2. Acknowledgments viii<br/>3. Introduction: what is probability? Ix<br/>4. Part one: probability 1<br/>5. 1-the idea of randomness <br/>a. Randomness before the theory of probability<br/>b. Early difficulties in developing a theory of randomness<br/>6. 2-the nature of chance <br/>a. Galileo galilei<br/>b. Pierre de fermat and blaise pascal<br/>c. Christiaan huygens<br/>d. Jacob bernoulli<br/>e. Abraham de moivre<br/>7. 3-surprising insights into probability and its uses<br/>a. Thomas bayes and inverse probability<br/>b. Buffon and the needle problem<br/>c. Daniel bernoulli and smallpox<br/>d. Jean le rond d'alembert and the evaluation of risk<br/>e. Leonhard euler and lotteries<br/>8. 4-randomness in a deterministic universe<br/>a. Poisson<br/>9. 5-random processes<br/>a. James clerk maxwell<br/>b. Brownian motion revisited<br/>c. Markov processes<br/>10. 6-probability as a mathematical discipline<br/>a. Theory and practice<br/>11. 7-three applications of the theory of probability<br/>a. Nuclear reactor safety<br/>b. Markov chains and information theory<br/>c. Smallpox in modern historical times <br/>12. Part two: statistics <br/>13. Introduction: the age of information <br/>14. 8-the beginnings of statistics<br/>a. The beginning of statistics<br/>b. Edmund halley<br/>15. 9-data analysis and the problem of precision<br/>16. 10-the birth of modern statistics <br/>a. Karl pearson<br/>b. R.a. Fisher<br/>17. 11-the theory of sampling <br/>a. The problem<br/>b. Walter shewhart and statistical quality control<br/>c. William edwards deming<br/>18. 12-three applications of statistics <br/>a. The birth of epidemiology<br/>b. The u.s. Census<br/>c. Political polling<br/>19. Appendixes<br/>20. Chronology<br/>21. Glossary <br/>22. Further reading, modern books<br/>23. Original sources<br/>24. Internet resources <br/>25. Periodicals, through the mail or on-line<br/>26. Index<br/><br/> |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UE-Central Library | UE-Central Library | 25.05.2018 | U.E. | 519.209 T112 | T1467 | 25.05.2018 | 25.05.2018 | Books |
