Editor’s Note: Published in 1957, this article comes from Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more in our special digital issue, Fun and Games. A paradox is ...
In 1996 Spanish physicist Juan Parrondo made an incredible discovery: sometimes two games that each end in loss individually can be combined into a winning strategy. This paradox is no mere ...
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