%0 Journal Article
%T Isaac Newton as a Probabilist
%A Stephen M. Stigler
%J Mathematics
%D 2007
%I arXiv
%R 10.1214/088342306000000312
%X In 1693, Isaac Newton answered a query from Samuel Pepys about a problem involving dice. Newton's analysis is discussed and attention is drawn to an error he made.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701089v1