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THIS small volume, a posthumous work of Prof. Burnside, is prefaced by a short biography of the author (see also NATURE, Oct. 15, 1927, p. 555) which shows the variety and extent of his contributions to the advancement of mathematics. Apart from his published work, Burnside was responsible for a large amount of confidential matter during the thirty-four years in which he occupied the chair of mathematics at the Royal Naval College.
Theory of Probability.
By the late Dr. William Burnside. Pp. xxx + 106. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1928.) 10s. 6d. net.
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M.-T., L. [Book Reviews]. Nature 124, 297 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124297b0
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