"A Man For All Markets"
By Edward O. Thorp.
He came up with the way to count cards for Blackjack-and did Quanty stuff on Wall Street.
He grew up in those wonderful years after the War-when kids could experiment with explosives and blow palm sized holes in sidewalks and not even raise an eyebrow.
A Sciencey, Mathy Autobiography
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Re: A Sciencey, Mathy Autobiography
We didn't have sidewalks; that didn't discourage us.Spock wrote:"A Man For All Markets"
By Edward O. Thorp.
He came up with the way to count cards for Blackjack-and did Quanty stuff on Wall Street.
He grew up in those wonderful years after the War-when kids could experiment with explosives and blow palm sized holes in sidewalks and not even raise an eyebrow.
And yes, I read "Beat the Dealer".
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.