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Decks in this class (11)

Week 1: Classical Probability (17-18 C)
Roots of classical probability,
What did pascal fermat discuss wh...,
Pascals theological wager
13  cards
Week 2: Theory of Errors (18 - 19 C)
How was probb viewed in 18th c,
What is determinism,
How does determinism mesh with probb
14  cards
Week 3: The Reign of Statistics (19 C)
How did statistics change in the ...,
Biopolitics,
Pierre simon laplaces work on jur...
10  cards
Week 4: Statistical Physics (19 C)
State and view of thermodynamics ...,
What were the three main thermody...,
James joule
14  cards
Week 5: Making Risk (19 & 20 C)
What were the views on management...,
How did data penetrate into publi...,
How did us life insurance shift i...
6  cards
Week 6: Quantum Uncertainty (20 C)
What are the origins of quantum p...,
Rayleigh jeans,
What was the problem with rayleig...
11  cards
Week 7: Genetic Drift
What was early 18thc opinion on c...,
What was darwins life changing ev...,
What did darwin find in the galap...
8  cards
Week 8: Random Noise
What did robert brown study what ...,
What were the existing explanatio...,
What was the issue with brownian ...
10  cards
Week 9: RCT
What are randomized controlled tr...,
What was fechners psychophysical ...,
What was the peirce jastrow exper...
13  cards
Week 10: Chaos
What was the worldview like in th...,
Where did the holes in the newton...,
What was lorenz studying what did...
11  cards
Week 11: Uncertainty in Arts
First linking of music to math,
How did helmholtz reason on sound,
First exploration into avante gar...
6  cards

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