Jacob Bernoulli quotes

Changed and yet the same, I rise again. (Jacob Bernoulli)
[P]robability as a measurable degree of certainty; necessity and chance; moral versus mathematical expectation; a priori an a posteriori probability; expectation of winning when players are divided according to dexterity; regard of all available arguments, their valuation, and their calculable evaluation; law of large numbers... View quote
Jacob Bernoulli
The art of measuring, as precisely as possible, probabilities of things, with the goal that we would be able always to choose or follow in our judgments and actions that course, which will have been determined to be better, more satisfactory, safer or more advantageous. View quote
Jacob Bernoulli

Jacob Bernoulli

Jacob Bernoulli - Image
Occupation: Mathematician
Born: January 5, 1655
Died: August 16, 1705
Quotes count: 3

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