The Perfect bet : : how Science and Math are Taking the Luck out of Gambling

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The three degrees of ignorance -- A brute force business -- From Los Alamos to Monte Carlo -- Pundits with PhDs -- Rise of the robots -- Life consists of bluffing -- The model opponent -- Beyond card counting.
From roulette tables to racetracks, provides a look at how scientists and mathematicians throughout the years have tried to figure out how to beat the house while gambling.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: xvi, 271 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780465055951
0465055958

SUBJECTS
Games of chance (Mathematics).
Gambling.
Gambling systems.
Probabilities.