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The Perfect Bet : How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling by Adam Kucharski is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 sc
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Adam Kucharski
- Publisher
- Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465055951
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (102 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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