We see that the theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculation; it makes us appreciate with exactitude what reasonable minds feel by sort of instinct, often without being able to account for it ~Pierre-Simon Laplace The objective of mathematics is to aid man in his quest to understand nature but mathematics has also proved to be a useful tool in the pursuit of profits. The foundation for mathematics was laid by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians then built upon later by the Greeks during the Classical period. The theory of probability came along quite a bi...
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