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A short history of probability
Tim Harford speaks to Jacob Goldstein about the unholy marriage of mathematicians, gamblers, and actuaries at the dawn of modern finance.
(Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 French mathematician, physicist. Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne. Credit:Getty Images)
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