The Perfect Bet (eBook)

Terrific: beautifully written, solidly researched and full of surprises

With an entertaining writing style, Adam Kucharski guides us through the history and state of the art of "The Perfect Bet," showing us how mathematics and computers are used to come up with optimal ways to gamble, play games, bluff, and invest our money. Extremely well-written and carefully researched. I highly recommend it.

A wild ride through the history, psychology, mathematics, and technology of gaming - a remarkable look behind the curtain of what most people think is intuitive, but isn't

This book is full of magic. It's brimming with clever people and clever ideas... The links between betting and science run deep and wide, allowing Kucharski to cover some thrilling intellectual territory.

A lucid yet sophisticated look at the mathematics of probability as it's played out on gaming tables, arenas, and fields... Gamblers and math buffs alike will enjoy it for its smart approach to real-world problems

Kucharski's clear prose and eye for an entertaining historical anecdote give his book an accessible feel ... an enjoyable account.

Great stories of how smart people have used maths, statistics and science to try and beat the odds - legally'

[An] enjoyable... paean to human ingenuity, and a Robin Hood tale of wealth redistribution.