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

Kucharski, Adam

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ISBN 10: 1541697235 ISBN 13: 9781541697232

Published by Basic Books, 2017

Language: English

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Title

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

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication Date

2017

Language

English

ISBN 10

1541697235

ISBN 13

9781541697232

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

New

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"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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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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