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Found a nice article on the origins of the normal distribution.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/27642916Not the importance of 'top down' idealizations in Gauss's proof — these are essential even for the most empirical and 'bottom-up' of concerns: error in data collection.
#History #Mathematics #Statistics #HistoryOfScience
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