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Open4D [soylentnews.org] writes:

Seven lucky ways that gambling changed maths [theguardian.com] is an article that recently appeared in the Guardian. "Gambling is the vice that helped make the modern world. Here mathematician Adam Kucharski explains how casinos and card games inspired many ideas that are now fundamental to science."

The contribution of gambling is not a surprise when you think about it. But it's interesting to learn about some of the details.

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