Matheron, Georges Estimating and choosing. An essay on probability in practice. Transl. from the French and with a preface by A. M. Hasofer. (English) Zbl 0665.60002 Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag. ix, 141 p. DM 74.00 (1989). Since the beginning of probabilistic methods in exact sciences there has been a continuous debate on the meaning of probability and probability models. The short conclusion of the book is the following: “There is no probability in itself. There are only probabilistic models. The only question that really matters, in each particular case, is whether this or that probabilistic model... has or has not an objective meaning.” This book presents a full collection of practical models, techniques and “tricks“ based on geostatistical applications; so it is of interest to everybody who works with probabilistic models. Reviewer: I.G.Kalmár Cited in 19 Documents MSC: 60A99 Foundations of probability theory 60-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory 62A99 Foundational topics in statistics 00A30 Philosophy of mathematics 86A32 Geostatistics Keywords:objective and subjective probability; collection of practical models; geostatistical applications PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{G. Matheron}, Estimating and choosing. An essay on probability in practice. Transl. from the French and with a preface by A. M. Hasofer. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1989; Zbl 0665.60002)