"The main interest of physical statistics lies in fact not so much in the distribution of the phenomena in space, but …"

"The mean and variance are unambiguously determined by the distribution, but a distribution is, of course, not determi…"

"Starting from a logically clear concept of probability, based on experience, using arguments which are usually called…"

"I am prepared to concede without further argument that all the theoretical constructions, including geometry, which a…"

"In games of chance, in the problems of insurance, and in the molecular processes we find events repeating themselves …"

"Insurance companies nowadays apply the principle of so-called 'selection by insurance'; this means that they take int…"

"The whole financial basis of insurance would be questionable if it were possible to change the relative frequency of …"

"It has been asserted - and this is no overstatement - that whereas other sciences draw their conclusions from what we…"

"Because certain elements of geometry have for a long time been included in the general course of education, every edu…"

"The theory of probability can never lead to a definite statement concerning a single event."