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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateinfi What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability. Go to http://squarespace.com/infiniteseries and use code “INFINITE” for 10% off your first order. Find out the players probability of winning based on their current score (Link referenced at 2:24): http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/prob1.html Tweet at us! @pbsinfinite Facebook: facebook.com/pbsinfinite series Email us! pbsinfiniteseries [at] gmail [dot] com Previous Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKNFOaGQcc Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Ray Lux Assistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike Petrow Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Resources and Special thanks: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/254a-notes-0-a-review-of-probability-theory/ Kolmogorov - Foundations of the Theory of Probability Ian Hacking - The Emergence of Probability Throughout much of human history, people consciously and intentionally produced randomness. They frequently used dice - or dice-shaped animal bones and other random objects - to gamble, for entertainment, predict the future and communicate with deities. Despite all this engagement with controlled random processes, people didn’t really think of probability in mathematical terms prior to 1600. All of the ingredients were there -- people had rigorous theories of geometry and algebra, and the ability to rig a game of dice would have certainly provided an incentive to study probability -- but, there’s very little evidence that they thought about randomness in mathematical terms. Challenge Winner: Zutaca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKNFOaGQcc&lc=z13ky5eruxbiermgx04cdx1ztyjlxzfyavc0k Comments answered by Kelsey: Ja-Shwa Cardell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKNFOaGQcc&lc=z12yhrgjdqm5wrdbv04cejno4t2icnmpy1c
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