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The normal distribution approximates a series of binomial trials, and in fact that's how Abraham de Moivre originally stumbled upon it: from his study of games
by stdbrouw 12y ago
The normal distribution approximates a series of binomial trials, and in fact that's how Abraham de Moivre originally stumbled upon it: from his study of games of chance. Think Pascal's triangle or google for "bean machine". So you really owe it all to chance.