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Mathematics professor Gregory Lawler was named a co-winner of the $100,000 Wolf Prize. The award recognizes Lawler’s research in probability theory involving random walks and Brownian motion, which ...

In their respective talks at GDC 2010, both Civilization creator Sid Meier and Blizzard executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo discussed the player's perceived understanding of probability ...