While Recovering From Illness, Stanisław Ulam Turned Solitaire Into a Statistical Method
Early in 1946 the mathematician Stanisław Ulam found himself bedridden while he recovered. Doctors opened his skull to treat the inflammation, then told him to stay flat and quiet for many long weeks. Boredom set in quickly, so he started dealing Canfield on a bedside tray, a game notorious for punishing players far more often … Read more