Kepler as a statistician

• Authors: Oscar Sheynin
• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Drawing on my previous publications (see Bibliography), I describe Kepler’s work on the mathematical treatment of observations and astrology. In particular, I investigate how he rejected the Ptolemaic system of the world and note that his astrology had the features of qualitative correlation.

Keywords

EN

reformation of astronomy; astrology; qualitative correlation; minimax method; Monte Carlo method

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Śląski Przegląd Statystyczny
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 15 (21)
• Pages: 227-232

Contributors

author

Oscar Sheynin