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The purposes of this research project is to investigate the holdings of the Fagel Collection given its origins as a working information resource for a high-level (Greffier) official of the States-General. To this effect the library contains many works relating to scientific, mathematical, geographic and political knowledge. The primary concern of this investigation will be to look at the development of the science of probability and statistics, in particular, the analysis of actuarial risk and political risk. The aim is to come to a better understanding of how states and their key advisers interpreted not only risk but also uncertainty. Understanding these policy tools and how they evolved over time will allow a deeper understanding of how modern risk assessment instruments were created as well as what informed the policy evaluation processes used by the Fagels and other such elites.
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Probability theory and the Fagel collection at Trinity College Dublin - Newstalk 'Talking History' 05.09.10
(2010-09-05)Charles Larkin and Jacco Thijessen discuss probability theory and Trinity College Library's Fagel Collection -
Rapport Fagel-Bibliotheek
(2010-05-12)1962 report by Ernest Braches on the Fagel Collection pamphlets in 235 volumes identified in the the 1872 TCD Printed Catalogue -
Fagel Pamfletten
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Unlocking the pamphlets of the Fagel Collection at Trinity College Dublin - A review of bibliographic resources to assist the investigation of probability theory and statistics
(2010-05-12)The purpose of this research project is to investigate the holdings of the Fagel Collection (TCD Library) given its origins as a working information resource for high-level officials of the States-General in the Dutch ... -
A bibliographic review of Fagel pamphlets as presented in the online version of the TCD 1872 printed catalogue
(2010)In 1962 E. Braches identified the following series of papamphlets, in 235 volumes, as being in the TCD Printed Catalogue: Fag. H. 1. 1-93, Fag. H. 2. 1-89 and Fag. H. 3. 1-53. H indicates the bay, 1,2,3 the shelf number ...
