Discrete Probability

By Hugh Gordon

Book Overview

"Discrete Probability" is an introductory textbook for a first course in probability theory. The book comprises a collection of 405 problems with answers at the end of the book. Half page long biographical essays give the reader insights in the lifes of such famous contributors to probability as Fermat, Pascal, Laplace, Bayes, Bernoulli, Stirling, Markov, and many others. A wide range of readers will enjoy this book and it should be useful in the undergraduate programs at many colleges and universities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387982272
• ISBN13: 9780387982274
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"