“When this book was first conceived (more than 25 years ago) few mathematicians outside the Soviet Union recognized probability as a legitimate branch of mathematics.”

— William Feller

Preface to the Third Edition, p. vii.
An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition)

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