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Book Description
The development of gambling techniques led to the beginning of modern statistics, and this absorbing history illustrates the science's rise with vignettes from the lives of Galileo, Fermat, Pascal, and others. Fascinating allusions to the classics, archaeology, biography, poetry, and fiction endow this volume with universal appeal. 1962 edition.
- Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 320 Pages
- Edition: Unabridged
- ISBN-10: 0486400239
- ISBN-13: 9780486400235
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Pub date: Feb 06, 1998
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
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