Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1: Loving to Learn
Chapter 2: Science Is My Playground
Chapter 3: Physics and Mathematics
Chapter 4: Las Vegas
Chapter 5: Conquering Blackjack
Chapter 6: The Day of the Lamb
Chapter 7: Card Counting for Everyone
Chapter 8: Players Versus Casinos
Chapter 9: A Computer That Predicts Roulette
Chapter 10: An Edge at Other Gambling Games
Chapter 11: Wall Street: The Greatest Casino on Earth
Chapter 12: Bridge with Buffett
Chapter 13: Going into Partnership
Chapter 14: Front-Running the Quantitative Revolution
Chapter 15: Rise…
Chapter 16: …And Fall
Chapter 17: Period of Adjustment
Chapter 18: Swindles and Hazards
Chapter 19: Buying Low, Selling High
Chapter 20: Backing the Truck Up to the Banks
Chapter 21: One Last Puff
Chapter 22: Hedging Your Bets
Chapter 23: How Rich Is Rich?
Chapter 24: Compound Growth: The Eighth Wonder of the World
Chapter 25: Beat Most Investors by Indexing
Chapter 26: Can You Beat the Market? Should You Try?
Chapter 27: Asset Allocation and Wealth Management
Chapter 28: Giving Back
Chapter 29: Financial Crises: Lessons Not Learned
Chapter 30: Thoughts
Epilogue
Appendix A: The Impact of Inflation on the Dollar
Appendix B: Historical Returns
Appendix C: The Rule of 72 and More
Appendix D: Performance of Princeton Newport Partners, LP
Appendix E: Our Statistical Arbitrage Results for a Fortune 100 Company
Photo Insert
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
By Edward O. Thorp
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