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Cardano: The Gambling Scholar
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Cardano: The Gambling Scholar
Contributors:
By (Author) ystein Ore
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
795.092
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
268
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
369g
Description
Cardano, next to Vesalius the greatest physician of his day, was also a devoted and skilled gambler who played for personal pleasure and profit. His mathematical genius enabled him to devise simple rules of probability for his own benefit and for his gambling contemporaries. These he collected in his Book on Games of Chance and embellished them wit
