Astronomy and probability: Forbes versus Michell on the distribution of the stars

DOI10.1080/00033798200200161zbMath0484.01003OpenAlexW1972122124WikidataQ58285041 ScholiaQ58285041MaRDI QIDQ3942927

Barry Gower

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798200200161

zbMATH Keywords

methodology of statisticsdistribution of starsrandomness concept

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of statistics (62-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of probability theory (60-03)

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A letter of Robert Leslie Ellis to William Walton on probability ⋮ Robert Leslie Ellis's work on philosophy of science and the foundations of probability theory

Cites Work

• LII. An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances. By the late Rev. Mr. Bayes, F. R. S. communicated by Mr. Price, in a letter to John Canton, A. M. F. R. S
• Aspects of the Introduction of Probability into Physics

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