Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750

Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750

Author: Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780198208761

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This volume examines the effects of religious change on the English way of death between 1480 and 1750. It discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject such as the death-bed, will-making and the last rites.


A History of Inverse Probability

A History of Inverse Probability

Author: Andrew I. Dale

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-09-08

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 1441986529

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This is a history of the use of Bayes theoremfrom its discovery by Thomas Bayes to the rise of the statistical competitors in the first part of the twentieth century. The book focuses particularly on the development of one of the fundamental aspects of Bayesian statistics, and in this new edition readers will find new sections on contributors to the theory. In addition, this edition includes amplified discussion of relevant work.