Studies in the History of Statistics and Probability
Studies in the History of Statistics and Probability Collected Translations P. R. Montmort, Nic. Bernoulli, P. S. Laplace, S.-D. Poisson and others vol. 4 Compiled and translated by Oscar Sheynin Privately printed Berlin, 2014 Contents Introduction by the Compiler I. R. Wolf, Jacob Bernoulli from Basel, 1654 – 1705 II. V. R. Mrocek, The origin and development of the theory of probability III. B. Ts. Urlanis, The tercentenary of population statistics IV. G. W. Leibniz, Some new considerations about human life V. J. P. Süssmilch, The Divine Order of the Changes of the Human Species As Demonstrated by Births, Deaths and Propagation , Introduction VI. N. I. Idelson, Introduction: the history of the problem VII. Anonymous (P. R. Montmort), Essay on an Analysis of Games of Chance , Preface VIII. A. Moreau de Jonnès, Elements of Statistics , Chapters 1 and 2 IX. N. Bernoulli, Letter to P. R. Montmort 23 January 1713 X. P. S. Laplace, Application of the preceding studies to the analysis of chances XI. P. S. Laplace, Lectures in Mathematics . Lecture 10 (fragments) On probabilities XII. P. S. Laplace, Statement about the Théorie analytique des probabilités , either forthcoming or just published XIII. P. S. Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités , four last sections of Chapter 4 XIV. P. S. Laplace, On the application of the calculus of probability to observations and especially to [trigonometric] levelling XV. P. S. Laplace, Statement on the export of grain made in the Chambre des Pairs in 1814 XVI. P. S. Laplace, On the execution of the cadastral surveying XVII. P. S. Laplace, On the suppression of the lottery XVIII.
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