Statistics, Probability Theory, Gambling - General & Miscellaneous, History of Mathematics, Mathematics - Recreation & Games
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Overview
The development of gambling techniques led to the beginning of modern statistics, and this absorbing history illustrates the science's rise with vignettes from the lives of Galileo, Fermat, Pascal, and others. Fascinating allusions to the classics, archaeology, biography, poetry, and fiction endow this volume with universal appeal. 1962 edition.
Editorials
Library Journal
This chronicle of predictability was deemed "an exciting, highly readable history of mathematics for both the scholar and general reader" by LJ's reviewer, who added that "long mathematical expositions and formulae are used sparingly so that the reader with a limited background in math will not find this arduous reading" (LJ 4/15/63). Odds are most collections don't have a similar volume.Book Details
Published
February 1, 2000
Publisher
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1998.
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486400235