A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

by Pierre-Simon Laplace

Book Overview

When the revised theory of quantum mechanics, postulating a probabilistic rather than a deterministic universe, was first introduced in the 1920s, Albert Einstein famously refused to believe that "God plays dice with the universe," and he spent the rest of his life trying to prove it.Quantum theory, however, survived his efforts, and it seems that the universe is very much based on random probabilities. The universe has not descended into chaos because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152287044X
• ISBN13: 9781522870449
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"