The Book on Games of Chance: The 16th Century Treatise on Probability - Gerolamo Cardano

The Book on Games of Chance: The 16th Century Treatise on Probability is by Gerolamo Cardano. This paperback edition presents Cardano’s early work on probability, first published posthumously in 1663.

Key details

• Author: Gerolamo Cardano
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 29 January 2016
• ISBN: 9780486797939

Synopsis

Cardano’s interest in gambling led him to study probability, shaping ideas that predate the better-known correspondence between Pascal and Fermat by more than a century. Although the volume, published after his death in 1663, did not directly influence other early thinkers in the field, it stands as a significant precursor to later statements of probability’s core principles.

With its focus on science, mathematics and engineering, it suits readers interested in the early development of probabilistic thinking.

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