The Letters - Pascal and Fermat - The Unfinished game (2008) (20 torrent

Title: The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern
Editor: Keith Devlin
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; First Trade Paper Edition edition (March 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465018963
ISBN-13: 978-0465018963

Description:
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 risks. 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