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Unfinished Game : Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern by Keith Devlin (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465018963
ISBN-139780465018963
eBay Product ID (ePID)77858142
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnfinished Game : Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern
SubjectGame Theory, History & Philosophy, Probability & Statistics / General
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics
AuthorKeith Devlin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Grade FromEighth Grade
IllustratedYes
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisIn 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 Unfinished Game , Keith Devlin masterfully chronicles Pascal and Fermat's mathematical breakthrough, connecting a centuries-old discovery with its remarkable impact on the modern world., 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 Unfinished Game , Keith Devlin masterfully chronicles Pascal and Fermat's mathematical breakthrough, connecting a centuries-old discovery with its remarkable impact on the modern world., 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 Unfinished Game , Keith Devlin masterfully chronicles Pascal and Fermat's mathematical breakthrough, connecting a centuries-old discovery with its remarkable impact on the modern world.
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