CARDANO: THE GAMBLING SCHOLAR, With a translation of Cardano’s Book on Games of Chance (249 pp.)—Oysteln Ore—Princeton University ($4). “Gambling.” wrote Gerolamo Cardano, “ought to be ...

Cardano claims to be the first blockchain platform of its kind that was built through peer-reviewed research. The stated goal of the blockchain intended for “changemakers, innovators and ...

Modern insurance has a long history. In the 16th century, Gerolamo Cardano’s early treatises on games of chance pioneered probabilistic thinking, framing uncertainty in mathematical terms (eventually ...

The story begins 500 years ago, when Gerolamo Cardano leapt up from a card game in Venice to stab a cheating opponent. Wondering if there might be a less bloody defense against card sharps, ...