Unfinished Game Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern
Heftet /
2010
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780465018963
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Basic Books
Vekt
218 gr
Høyde
207 mm
Bredde
141 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Keith Devlin is a Senior Researcher and Executive Director at Stanford's centre for the Study of Language and Information, a Consulting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network. National Public Radio's Math Guy," he is the author of over twenty-five books. He lives in Stanford, California.
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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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780465018963
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Basic Books
Vekt
218 gr
Høyde
207 mm
Bredde
141 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208
Forfatter