Definition:Probability Theory/Historical Note

Historical Note on Probability Theory
The discipline of probability theory is suggested by some sources to be a creation shared between and.

Their intent was to describe certain games of chance and to calculate various probabilities.

They developed the fundamental principles in a series of letters in the year $1654$.

The field was developed significantly by, the results of his research appearing in his posthumous of $1713$.

Modern probability theory is more than just calculating the chance of getting $m$ heads while tossing $n$ coins.

It is used to study problems in fields as diverse as economics, genetics, sociology, astronomy and physics.