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COURNOT, Exposition de la théorie des chances et des probabilités, 1843
COURNOT, Antoine Augustin.
Exposition de la théorie des chances et des probabilités.
Paris, Hachette, 1843.
8vo (230x150 mm), (4)-viii-448 pages (folding plate is missing). binding : Original printed wrappers. Cover worn, first cover is missing.
First edition.
Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801-1877) was a French mathematician, economist, and philosopher. He is considered one of the founders of the mathematical economics school. This work is a important treatise on the theory of chances and probabilities, in which he expounds his views on the application of probability theory to the sciences and real-world events.
references: DSB [III, 450: "Cournot's work on the 'theory of chance' is important in the history of the calculus of probability, since it examines in an original way the interpretation and foundations of this calculus and its applications"].
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