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Princeton Legacy Library: Cardano : The Gambling Scholar by Øystein Ore (2017, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691607087

ISBN-139780691607085

eBay Product ID (ePID)234298219

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCardano : the Gambling Scholar

SubjectEurope / Italy, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling)

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorØystein Ore

Subject AreaGames & Activities, History

SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Series Volume Number5063

SynopsisCardano, next to Vesalius the greatest physician of his day, was also a devoted and skilled gambler who played for personal pleasure and profit. His mathematical genius enabled him to devise simple rules of probability for his own benefit and for his gambling contemporaries. These he collected in his Book on Games of Chance and embellished them wit, Cardano, next to Vesalius the greatest physician of his day, was also a devoted and skilled gambler who played for personal pleasure and profit. His mathematical genius enabled him to devise simple rules of probability for his own benefit and for his gambling contemporaries. These he collected in his Book on Games of Chance and embellished them with essays on the tricks of cheats and kibitzers, as well as on psychological rules of play. In this biography of a stormy Renaissance personality, Cardano's gambling studies are deciphered for the first time, and a translation of the Book on Games of Chance is appended. Originally published in 1953. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.