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The book on the games of chance : the 16th-century treatise on probability / Gerolamo Cardano ; translated by Sydney Henry Gould ; foreword by 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.

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Accession Number: 16417

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