{"product_id":"cardano-the-gambling-scholar-9780691607085","title":"Cardano: The Gambling Scholar","description":"\u003cp\u003eCardano, next to Vesalius the greatest physician of his day, was also a devoted and skilled gambler who played for personal pleasure and profit. His mathematical genius enabled him to devise simple rules of probability for his own benefit and for his gambling contemporaries. These he collected in his \u003ci\u003eBook on Games of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e and embellished them with essays on the tricks of cheats and kibitzers, as well as on psychological rules of play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this biography of a stormy Renaissance personality, Cardano's gambling studies are deciphered for the first time, and a translation of the \u003ci\u003eBook on Games of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e is appended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1953. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Øystein Ore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691607085","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40265556951155,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8d75c214-33bb-47bd-a3c3-da77b81f6949.jpg?v=1657720773","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/cardano-the-gambling-scholar-9780691607085","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}