A History of Inverse Probability : From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) (2nd ed. 1999. XXIV, 670 p. w. 14 figs. 24,5 cm)

Offers a history of the use of Bayes theoremfrom its discovery by Thomas Bayes to the rise of the statistical competitors in the first part of the twentieth century. This book focuses particularly on the development of one of the fundamental aspects of Bayesian statistics.