Probability Theory

Quotes & Thinkers in Probability Theory

15 thinkers

Sort:

Notable Thinkers

15 of 15

🇨🇭Jacob Bernoulli

Mathematics

1654–1705

"John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson, Jacob Bernoulli, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews."

3 quotes

🇺🇸Leonard Jimmie Savage

Mathematics

1917–1971

"For a person who wants to do original, realistic, and critical work in statistics there is no atmosphere anywhere in the world today to compare with this Department."

"I prefer concrete things and I don't like to learn more about abstract stuff than I absolutely have to."

17 quotes

🇺🇸Edwin Thompson Jaynes

Education

1922–1998

"It appears to be a quite general principle that, whenever there is a randomized way of doing something, then there is a nonrandomized way that delivers better performance but requires more thought."

"A Budget of Paradoxes reprinted, with the author's additions from the Athenæum journal"

"I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession."

"The fact that the mean recurrence time is infinite implies that the chance fluctuations in an individual prolonged coin-tossing game are far removed from the familiar pattern governed by the normal distribution."

"The theory of probability can never lead to a definite statement concerning a single event."

"The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination."

"The oft-heard comment that Leonardo 's genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justified. But his was not a science-fiction voyage into the future as much as a plunge into the past."

"Yes, but when I discovered it, it stayed discovered."

"It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time."

15 quotes

🇺🇸Claude Elwood Shannon

Mathematics

1916–2001

"A few first rate research papers are preferable to a large number that are poorly conceived or half-finished. The latter are no credit to their writers and a waste of time to their readers."

3 quotes