In this, his most famous work, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace lays out a system for reasoning based on probability. The single most famous piece introduced in this work is the rule of succession, which calculates the probability that a trial will be a success based on the number of times it has succeeded in the past.
Students of mathematics will find A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities an essential read for understanding this complex fie...
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