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Fortunes Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
Fortunes Formula The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
Author: William Poundstone
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory--the basis of computers...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781422368107
ISBN-10: 1422368106
Publication Date: 1/1/2005
Pages: 386
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Publisher: Hill & Wang
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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