Isaac Newton as a Probabilist
arXiv:math/0701089 · doi:10.1214/088342306000000312
Abstract
In 1693, Isaac Newton answered a query from Samuel Pepys about a problem involving dice. Newton's analysis is discussed and attention is drawn to an error he made.
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000312 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)