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Probability — is the likelihood or chance that something is the case or will happen. Probability theory is used extensively in areas such as statistics, mathematics, science and philosophy to draw conclusions about the likelihood of potential events and the… … Wikipedia
BORN, MAX — (1882–1970), German physicist and Nobel Prize winner. A son of the anatomist Gustav Born, he was born in Breslau and lectured on physics in Berlin (1915), Frankfurt (1919), and Goettingen (1921). Although he had dissociated himself from the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Born, Max — born Dec. 11, 1882, Breslau, Ger. died Jan. 5, 1970, Göttingen, W.Ger. German physicist. He taught theoretical physics at the University of Göttingen from 1921 to 1933, when he fled to Britain. There he taught principally at the University of… … Universalium
Born rule — The Born rule (also called the Born law, Born s rule, or Born s law) is a law of quantum mechanics which gives the probability that a measurement on a quantum system will yield a given result.It is named after its originator, the physicist Max… … Wikipedia
probability theory — Math., Statistics. the theory of analyzing and making statements concerning the probability of the occurrence of uncertain events. Cf. probability (def. 4). [1830 40] * * * Branch of mathematics that deals with analysis of random events.… … Universalium
Probability amplitude — In quantum mechanics, a probability amplitude is a complex valued function that describes an uncertain or unknown quantity. For example, each particle has a probability amplitude describing its position. This amplitude is the wave function,… … Wikipedia
Probability Moon — infobox Book | name = Probability Moon title orig = translator = image caption = (no image) author = Nancy Kress illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Probability trilogy genre = Science fiction novel… … Wikipedia
Born , Max — (1882–1970) German physicist Born was the son of an embryologist, a professor of anatomy at the University of Breslau (now Wrocław) in Poland. He was educated at the university in his native city of Breslau, and at the universities of Heidelberg … Scientists
Max Born — (1882 1970) Born 11 December 1882(1882 12 11) … Wikipedia
Classical definition of probability — The classical definition of probability is identified[citation needed] with the works of Pierre Simon Laplace. As stated in his Théorie analytique des probabilités, The probability of an event is the ratio of the number of cases favorable to it,… … Wikipedia
