DURNOVÁ, Helena, Jana MALÁ and Pavel ŠIŠMA. Jacob Bernoulli: Umění odhadu (část čtvrtá, pojednávající o aplikaci předchozího učení v záležitostech občanských, mravních a ekonomických) [český překlad a komentáře] (Jacob Bernoulli: The Art of Conjecturing (Part Four) [Czech translation with commentary]). Praha - Brno: Togga - Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 133 pp. Fontes scientiae, sv. 4. ISBN 978-80-210-9559-5.
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Original name Jacob Bernoulli: Umění odhadu (část čtvrtá, pojednávající o aplikaci předchozího učení v záležitostech občanských, mravních a ekonomických) [český překlad a komentáře]
Name (in English) Jacob Bernoulli: The Art of Conjecturing (Part Four) [Czech translation with commentary]
Authors DURNOVÁ, Helena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jana MALÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel ŠIŠMA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Praha - Brno, 133 pp. Fontes scientiae, sv. 4, 2020.
Publisher Togga - Masarykova univerzita
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Original language Czech
Type of outcome Book on a specialized topic
Field of Study 60101 History
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/20:00115418
Organization unit Faculty of Education
ISBN 978-80-210-9559-5
Keywords in English Jacob Bernoulli; law of large numbers
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Abstract
In this volume, we present a Czech translation of a seminal work in probability theory and statistics, namely Part IV of Jacob Bernoulli’s Art of Conjecturing (Ars Conjectandi). It was in this piece that Jacob Bernoulli arrived at what is now known as the law of large numbers. It is this result that underlies all the conclusions based on observation and statistics. Bernoulli’s journey to this result began with (Part I of e Art of Conjecturing) the study of games of chance and (Part II) combinatorics. In Part III of his treatise, he concentrated on the fairness or lack thereof in specific games of chance. In Part IV, he suggested the possibility of using the previous results in civic, moral, and economic matters. However, even though he suspected his work was more valuable than a rule for squaring the circle would have been, he could not bring his work to a state which he would find fit for publishing for more than a decade and it was eventually only published eight years after his death. Jacob Bernoulli’s text is quite lucid in itself, but in order to give the reader some idea about the starting points of Bernoulli’s thoughts, an introduction to the text is included. In the introduction, a brief history of probability theory is sketched as well as the history of the two major sources of Bernoulli’s thoughts: games of chance and combinatorics.
Abstract (in English)
In this volume, we present a Czech translation of a seminal work in probability theory and statistics, namely Part IV of Jacob Bernoulli’s Art of Conjecturing (Ars Conjectandi). It was in this piece that Jacob Bernoulli arrived at what is now known as the law of large numbers. It is this result that underlies all the conclusions based on observation and statistics. Bernoulli’s journey to this result began with (Part I of e Art of Conjecturing) the study of games of chance and (Part II) combinatorics. In Part III of his treatise, he concentrated on the fairness or lack thereof in specific games of chance. In Part IV, he suggested the possibility of using the previous results in civic, moral, and economic matters. However, even though he suspected his work was more valuable than a rule for squaring the circle would have been, he could not bring his work to a state which he would find fit for publishing for more than a decade and it was eventually only published eight years after his death. Jacob Bernoulli’s text is quite lucid in itself, but in order to give the reader some idea about the starting points of Bernoulli’s thoughts, an introduction to the text is included. In the introduction, a brief history of probability theory is sketched as well as the history of the two major sources of Bernoulli’s thoughts: games of chance and combinatorics.
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MUNI/G/0835/2016, interní kód MUName: Prameny novověké vědy (Acronym: PRNOVE)
Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects
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