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100 1 _aDevlin, Keith J.
_91905
245 1 4 _aThe unfinished game :
_bPascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern /
_cKeith Devlin.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_cc2008.
300 _ax, 191 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
440 0 _aBasic ideas
_91906
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMonday, August 24, 1654 -- A problem worthy of great minds -- On the shoulders of a giant -- A man of slight build -- The great amateur -- Terrible confusions -- Out of the gaming rooms -- Into the everyday world -- The chance of your life -- The measure of our ignorance.
600 1 0 _aPascal, Blaise,
_d1623-1662
_xCorrespondence.
_91907
600 1 0 _aFermat, Pierre de,
_d1601-1665
_xCorrespondence.
_91908
650 0 _aProbabilities.
_91909
650 0 _aMathematicians
_zFrance
_xCorrespondence.
_91910
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008012222.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008012222-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008012222-d.html
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_ajp02 2008-03-17 telework
_ijp02 2008-03-17
_aaa07 2008-03-18
_axe12 2009-06-17 2 copies rec'd., to CIP ver.
_aBarcode 00247758057 returned from bindery 2009-11-25
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