Title: A history book
Review: This is a high school level historical account on the development of the ideas of probability (mostly) and statistics, from ancient times to the present. There are the standard bio info of the major characters (where they were born, their parents (ho hum), and some anecdotes on their careers, but all without cited references. Specifically, Tabak claims that Newton said of DeMoivre, "Go to Mr. DeMoivre; he knows these things better than I do.", which is totally out of character for the lengendarily harsh Newton, whose refusal to attribute any credit to his peers are widely documented. One will not learn any mathematical principles or how to solve problems.And why is Einstein on the cover. He would not be considered among the top 10 giants of this field. Likewise,of all his achievements, probabilty theory, 'probably' would not be among the top 5 (although his work on Brownian motion is covered here), and his oft quoted "God does not play dice", notwithstanding.
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