Probabilities and Life |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER ONE Probabilities and General Opinion | 9 |
CHAPTER TWO Fallacies About Probabilities Con | 19 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Probabilities and Life Volume 121 of Dover Publications Dover books explaining science and mathematics Volume 121 of Dover books on science Dover books |
| Author | Emile Borel |
| Publisher | Dover Publications, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 4, 2010 |
| Length | 87 pages |
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