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The book on the games of chance : the 16th-century treatise on probability

by Girolamo Cardano, Sydney Henry Gould, Samuel S. Wilks

This sixteenth-century treatise recognises that random events are governed by mathematical laws. It serves as an early foundation for the study of probability and games of chance, predating better-known works in the field by over a century.

Accession 16417 ISBN 9780486797939 Publisher Dover Publications, Inc.
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