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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

by Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace

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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities is the 1814 classic by Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827), the great French mathematician and astronomer, written as an accessible introduction to his monumental work on probability. It is the source of the famous Laplace's demon, the thought experiment on determinism, and it laid out the principles of probability for the general reader. The essay shaped how science and philosophy alike think about chance and certainty. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.

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Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace

Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace worked across mathematics and astronomy, shaping celestial mechanics and mathematical probability. A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities presents the broader meaning and uses of probability in a form intended to reach beyond specialist calculation.

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First published
1814
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
136
Language
English
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