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William poundstone is the bestselling author of several nonfiction books. Fortunes formula may be the worlds first history book, gambling primer, mathematics text, economics manual, personal finance guide and joke book in a single volume. The untold story of the scientific betting system that beat the casinos and wall street or find more pdf epub kindle books of the same genre or category. In 2005 william poundstone published fortunes formula, a book that took creative license with the name since although the book briefly mentioned thorps original paper on blackjack, it was mainly about the kelly criterion. Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market. Fortunes formula ebook by william poundstone 9780374707088. One was mathematician claude shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with einsteins. Author william poundstone explores how claude shannon, the major developer of information theory, affected finance, investing and gambling. Fortunes formula, william poundstone 9780809045990.
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