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245 14 a| The unfinished game :b| Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern /c| Keith Devlin.;

300 a| x, 191 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Basic ideas;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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 of our ignorance.;

600 10 a| Pascal, Blaise,d| 1623-1662v| Correspondence.=| ^A17954;

600 10 a| Fermat, Pierre de,d| 1601-1665v| Correspondence.=| ^A268493;

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

Author/creator	Devlin, Keith J.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Basic Books, ©2008.
Description	x, 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662--Correspondence. Fermat, Pierre de, 1601-1665--Correspondence. Probabilities. Mathematicians--France. --Correspondence.

Series	Basic ideas Basic ideas. ^A790483
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 rooms -- Into the everyday world -- The chance of your life -- The measure of our ignorance.
Local note	Little-351324--3051310375892
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008012222
ISBN	9780465009107 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0465009107 (alk. paper)

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

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