Cardano and the gambler's habitus

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-41

  Williams, Lambert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gambling; Girolamo Cardano; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644437124     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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