The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal by James Franklin
English | August 1st, 2015 | ISBN: 1421418800, 0801865697 | 520 pages | True EPUB | 2.96 MB
How did we make reliable predictions before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; how scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and how merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates.