The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern

By Keith Devlin

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465009107
• ISBN13: 9780465009107
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher