Bibliograph

The unfinished game, Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern, Keith Devlin

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Label

The unfinished game, Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern, Keith Devlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The unfinished game

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

213480172

Responsibility statement

Keith Devlin

Series statement

Basic ideas

Sub title

Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern

Table Of Contents

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 room -- Into the everyday world -- The chance of your life -- The measure of our ignorance

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