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Title: like the Wordly Philosophers, but for probability
Review: One of my favorite books is The Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner. (The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers [7th Edition] That book is a great explanation of economics by discussing the various economists who developed the field. The Kaplan book uses a somewhat similar approach and succeeds in making the topic(s) of probability, chance and odds very interesting by their numerous vignettes and fun portraits of the pioneers and odd-balls who "invented" the field of statistics and probabilities (or were they already there and they "discovered" them?). Written with a great deal of humor, its a great read. If any other readers know of similar books, could you share some comparable books?
