The world is built on probability
by L. V. Tarasov · first published 1988
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A book that appeared previously on Hackernews is Lev Tarasov's "The world is built on probability". This is not striclty a textbook, but it is translated in English in a way that preserves a lot of the feel of the original: https://archive.org/details/TheWorldIsBuiltOnProbability For examples…
on “American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math' (2017)” ↗I've heard good things about Lev Tarasov's "The World is Built on Probability", but haven't dived into it so can't offer my own opinion
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite statistics and probability textbooks?” ↗Interesting title, and I will have to dip into the book when I have some spare time, but statements like "the world is built on probability" always sound strange to me. Is it that chance and randomness are fundamental aspects of our world, or is it that our knowledge of the world is inherently limited, and the laws of probability that people…
on “The World Is Built on Probability (1988)” ↗