Jerry Dallal wrote:
> I have a note from Frank Anscombe in my files. It says, "Cardano.
> See the bit from "De Vita Propria" at the head of Chap. 6 of FN
> David's "Games, Gods, and Gambling (1962). That shows that the idea
> of a test of significance, informally described, is very ancient."
> I don't have David's book with me, but I do recall that Cardano
> flourished around 1650.
He died in 1541, so I guess that would make him a "late bloomer".
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