Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition) - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250391124ISBN-10:1250391121UPC:9781250391124Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Investments & Securities, Personal FinanceBook Topic:InvestingSize:8.20 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC3BJBQQZF
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition)
An updated edition of the classic book that introduced the world to the controversial money-making formula known as the Kelly system.
In 1956, two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was the 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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250391124ISBN-10:1250391121UPC:9781250391124Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Investments & Securities, Personal FinanceBook Topic:InvestingSize:8.20 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC3BJBQQZF
William Poundstone is the author of more than a dozen books and has contributed to The New York Times, The Economist, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, and other publications. After studying physics at MIT, Poundstone forged a career delving into the social implications of scientific concepts, covering topics ranging from the prisoner's dilemma to the psychology of prices. He lives in Los...
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