The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling - Softcover

Kucharski, Adam

 
9781541697232: The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1541697235 ISBN 13: 9781541697232
Verlag: Basic Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

"An elegant and amusing account" of how gambling has been reshaped by the application of science and revealed the truth behind a lucky bet (Wall Street Journal).

For the past 500 years, gamblers-led by mathematicians and scientists-have been trying to figure out how to pull the rug out from under Lady Luck. In The Perfect Bet, mathematician and award-winning writer Adam Kucharski tells the astonishing story of how the experts have succeeded, revolutionizing mathematics and science in the process. The house can seem unbeatable. Kucharski shows us just why it isn't. Even better, he demonstrates how the search for the perfect bet has been crucial for the scientific pursuit of a better world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Adam Kucharski is an associate professor and a Sir Henry Dale fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he works on analysis of infectious disease outbreaks. The author of The Perfect Bet, he lives in London.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1541697235
ISBN 13 
9781541697232
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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