The Unfinished Game
pascal, fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern
$66.78
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
22 March 2010
Summary
In the early seventeenth century, the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll was consigned to the realm of unknowable chance. Mathematicians largely agreed that it was impossible to predict the probability of an occurrence. Then, in 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre de Fermat explaining that he had discovered how to calculate risk. The two collaborated to develop what is now known as probability theory, a concept that allows us to think rationally about decisions and events. In The …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465018963 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465018963 |
| Author: | Keith Devlin |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 22 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 141mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Keith Devlin
Keith Devlin is a Senior Researcher and Executive Director at Stanford’s centre for the Study of Language and Information, a Consulting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network. National Public Radio’s Math Guy,” he is the author of over twenty-five books. He lives in Stanford, California.
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