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

Kucharski, Adam

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

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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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Informazioni sull?autore

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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Editore
Basic Books
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1541697235
ISBN 13 
9781541697232
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
271
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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Germania

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780465055951: The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0465055958 ISBN 13:  9780465055951
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2016
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