Science, Maths & Technology
Understanding science: what we cannot know
...simple way of working out the division of the stake in more complex situations, e.g. if one player needs 3 points for a win and the other needs 2. The key turned out to be concealed within what today is known as ‘Pascal’s triangle’. [This diagram shows the first eight rows of Pascal’s triangle. Its construction is explained below the figure. The rows contain the...