Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos And Wall Street
Book Details
Author(s)
William Poundstone
Publisher
Hill & Wang
ISBN / ASIN
0809045990
ISBN-13
9780809045990
Availability
Habituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank
#55,827
Category
Business & Economics
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
Description
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
