F. N. David's 1962 classic 'Games, Gods and Gambling' is now freely available as PDF
alexbilz · x · 2026-10-12
F. N. David's 1962 classic on the history of probability and statistics, arguing that gambling techniques gave rise to modern statistical ideas, is now freely downloadable (8.63 MB PDF) from the University of Calgary library, covering origins up to the Newtonian era.
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