Stigler, Stephen - In: International Statistical Review 82 (2014) 1, pp. 1-16
type="main" xml:id="insr12049-abs-0001" <title type="main">Summary</title>On the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi, the book is revisited in historical context and seen in a new light. Bernoulli's announced goal of extending the application of probability from games to civil life...