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Which Dutch scientist wrote the first book on probability after Pascal and Fermat?
AChristiaan Huygens
BJacob Bernoulli
CGalileo Galilei
DGeronimo Cardano
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Christiaan Huygens
Huygens learned of the Pascal and Fermat letters and then published a book on chance in games.
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