lecture II: "The Uncertainty of Values"
The Meaning of It All (1999)
“The newer aspects of many fields start with the admission of uncertainty.”
Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
Context: Probability plays a central role in many fields, from quantum mechanics to information theory, and even older fields use probability now that the presence of "noise" is officially admitted. The newer aspects of many fields start with the admission of uncertainty.
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