Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern /
Keith Devlin.
x, 191 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm.
Basic ideas
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Monday, 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.