Marigny de Grilleau - Les lois du hasard - 1926

Fascinating edition of this work devoted to the study of chance, its manifestations and the regularities that observation allows to discern behind phenomena that appear, at first glance, entirely subject to the unpredictable -

The translated title captures the central idea of the work, namely that chance, although it seems to exclude any rule, can nevertheless present regular behaviors when considered over a large number of events -

The author thus focuses on how individuals interpret coincidences, series, repetitions and exceptional events, and seeks to distinguish what truly falls under the laws of probability from what is only an illusion produced by human observation -

The work is part of a long tradition of reflection on games of chance, probabilities, coincidences and the relations between determinism and uncertainty, but it also belongs to the intellectual context of the early 20th century, a time when statistical and probabilistic methods gain increasing importance in the sciences, economics, insurance and the analysis of collective phenomena -

Marigny de Grilleau - The laws of chance - 1926 - Moullot fils aîné -
397 pages.

Good condition of the binding, paperback volume in its full original soft cover printed with its original cover, the binding under cellophane protection, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, edges somewhat worn, smooth spine, first plate titled in black -

Good interior condition, paper uniformly browned, volume enriched with numerous tables, good copy -

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