George Boole Quotes
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Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
George Boole
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Author Details:
Type:
Mathematician Quotes
Category:
Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 2, 1815
Date of Death:
December 8, 1864
Nationality:
Irish
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Rene Descartes
Pythagoras
Isaac Newton
Archimedes
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Paul Erdos
Alfred North Whitehead
Leonhard Euler
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Affecting,
Certainty,
Change,
Demand,
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Nor,
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Partial,
Perfect,
Probabilities,
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