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Thomas Bayes

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  • Aug 18 2010 9:59 PM

    David Melton

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This resource, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, features biographical information about English mathematician Thomas Bayes. Bayes discussed his theory of probability in "Essay Towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances." Links to biographies of other mathematicians are also available on this page.

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    Grade: 3 to 12

    Topics: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Probability

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