Examen d'une espèce de superstition ramenée au calcul des probabilités
Year of Conception: November 1765
Year of Writing: July 1771
Year of Publication: 1771/1773
Subject: Statistics, Philosophy
Publication: Examen d'une espèce de superstition ramenée au calcul des probabilités. Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences de Berlin, année 1771/1773, 411-420.(1)

Description:
Lambert shows that the belief in
weather calenders is "well-founded", i.e., the probability that the
weather calender gives the right weather is greater than throwing dices
for the various forms of weather.
Reviews: ADB 1773, 365-366(6)

