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AUTHOR |
Devlin, Keith J. |
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TITLE |
The unfinished game : Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern / Keith Devlin. |
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IMPRINT |
New York : Basic Books, c2008. |
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DESCRIPTION |
x, 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
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SERIES |
Basic ideas. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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NOTE |
Monday, August 24, 1654 -- A problem worthy of great minds -- On the shoulders of a giant -- A man of slight build -- The great amateur -- Terrible confusions -- Out of the gaming rooms -- Into the everyday world -- The chance of your life -- The measure. |
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SUBJECT |
Fermat, Pierre de, 1601-1665 -- Correspondence. |
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Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662 -- Correspondence. |
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Mathematicians -- France -- Correspondence. |
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Probabilities. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Mathematics. |
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ISBN |
0465009107 (alk. paper). |
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ISBN |
9780465009107 (alk. paper). |
