Kniha Unfinished Game Keith Devlin

Unfinished Game

Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern

Autor: Keith Devlin
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Vydavatel: Basic Books
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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In the early seventeenth century, the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll was consigned to...

Informace o knize

Autor
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2010
Stránek
208
EAN
9780465018963
ISBN
0465018963
Enbook ID
09232641
Vydavatel
Hmotnost
210
Rozměry
170 x 204 x 15

Kompletní popis

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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