Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos And Wall Street
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Author(s)William Poundstone
PublisherHill & Wang
ISBN / ASIN0809045990
ISBN-139780809045990
AvailabilityHabituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank55,827
CategoryBusiness & Economics
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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Fortune's Formula In 1961, MIT mathematics professor Ed Thorp made a small Vegas fortune by "counting cards"; his 1962 bestseller, "Beat the Dealer," made the phrase a household word. With Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, Thorp next conquered the roulette tables. In this prosaic but fascinating cultural history, the author tells not only what they did but how they did it. Full description
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