Chance and Uncertainty

Edited by H. W. Capel, J. S. Cramer, O. Estévez-Uscanga, C. A. J. Klaassen, and

Distributed for Amsterdam University Press

226 pages | 6-3/4 x 9-3/4

Cloth $44.50 ISBN: 9789056290177 Published January 2002 For sale only in the United States, its dependencies, the Philippines, and Canada

'Uncertainty and chance' is a subject with a broad span, in that there is no academic discipline or walk of life that is not beset by uncertainty and chance. In this book a range of approaches is represented by authors from varied disciplines: natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences and medical sciences. At one extreme, this volume is concerned with the foundations of probability. At the other extreme, we have scholars who acknowledge the concept of chance and uncertainty but do not cope with it by means of systematic measurement or quantative analysis.