Fortune's formula : the untold story of the scientific betting system that beat the casinos and Wall Street
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Fortune's formula : the untold story of the scientific betting system that beat the casinos and Wall Street
AUTHOR:
Poundstone, William
ISBN:
9780809046379
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Hill and Wang, 2005
PHYSICAL_DESC:
x, 386 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Prologue : the wire service -- Entropy -- Blackjack -- Arbitrage -- ST. Petersburg wager -- Rico -- Blowing up -- Signal and noise
SUBJECT:
| Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001 |
| Gambling |
| Gambling -- History |
| Gambling -- Mathematical models |