The Origin of the Idea of Chance in Children (Hardcover)

Translators’ Preface.  Foreword.  Introduction: The Intuition of Probabilities.  Part 1: Chance in Physical Reality.  1. Notions of Random Mixture and Irreversibility  2. Centered Distributions (Normal Curves) and Uniform Distributions  3. The Discovery of a Constant Relationship in Conflict with a Fortuitous Uniform Distribution  Part 2: Random Drawings  4. Chance and "Miracle" in the Game of Heads and Tails  5. The Random Drawing of Pairs  6. The Quantification of Probabilities  Part 3: Combinatoric Operations  7. The Development of Operations of Combination  8. Operations of Permutation  9. Operations of Arrangement  10. Conclusion: Chance, Probability, and Operations.  Glossary.