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Fortune's formula : the untold story of the scientific betting system that beat the casinos and Wall Street
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Fortune's formula : the untold story of the scientific betting system that beat the casinos and Wall Street

by William Poundstone

This book explores how two Bell Labs scientists applied information theory to gambling and the stock market, developing a formula to maximise investment returns and sparking controversy in the financial world.

Accession 10161 ISBN 2557770 Publisher Hill and Wang
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