Bayes or Laplace? An examination of the origin and early applications of Bayes' theorem

Archive for History of Exact Sciences 27 (1):23-47 (1982)
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An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances.T. Bayes - 1763 - Philosophical Transactions 53:370-418.
Laplace's theory of errors.O. B. Sheynin - 1977 - Archive for History of Exact Sciences 17 (1):1-61.

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