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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Paperback)

by William Poundstone (Author)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Hill & Wang (19 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0809045990
ISBN-13: 978-0809045990
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inside Info on How the Market Got Beat, 6 Feb 2006

By	Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Hardcover)

This is a fascinating book about the sociology of ideas and, specifically, about information theory. Author William Poundstone explores how Claude Shannon, the major developer of information theory, affected finance, investing and gambling. These activities seem disconnected, but they all rely on managing uncertainty. Like any great idea, information theory attracted major personalities: gamblers, mobsters, academics, economists, traders and people who just wanted to make money. The story weaves through a collection of memorable people (from seventeenth-century mathematicians to Ivan Boesky) to present pertinent mathematical and scientific theories, and to explore how people used them. At times, the connections between events seem strained, but they all come together. This book is encyclopedic, exceptionally informative, and packed with great stories and characters. We enthusiastically recommend it to anyone seriously interested in investing, the sociology of ideas, or gambling. Indeed, read it twice: once for its theories and practical investment advice, and the other to relish its personalities.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Review, 18 Jun 2009

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I liked the historical background to the Kelly formula, melding the criminal and academic influences that proposed and applied the formula.

However it was sad in a way to see how Shannon's creative genius seemed to be dampened once he began his stock market meddling, indeed it could be said that the principle characters wasted their lifes in the pursuit of money. I guess the book could , I believe unintentionally, be seen as a warning for those who wish to engage in get rich quick schemes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book, 2 Jan 2009

By	DP "DP London" (UK) - See all my reviews

An extremely enjoyable read. Could have benefited from some more technical detail and some of his financial economics was a bit flakely but he writes about the personalities involved brilliantly. I shall now be ordering all his previous efforts.

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