The answer is I want to be which is why I am glad I read it. I encourage others to read it too.I feel I would have to read it again to be able to capture all the details that were in the book. The most memorable parts were relating to the dissection of the more outlandish questions, and not so ...
Based on the subtitle, this book falls a little short, although I did enjoy reading it. Much of the book gives you tips on how to improve your odds (sometimes only slightly) in certain situations.I did like the Prologue where Poundstone tells the story of the outguessing machine. Most of the rest...
Catchy title, ain’t it? Well the title is one reason I did pick up to see what the book is about… I know… I know… you are not supposed to judge a book by its cover… or the title for that matter. But that’s not what I am doing. Just saying that the title piqued my interest. Plus, there is also “Ho...
For science nerds this is a good read. But it is dated. There are several logical paradoxes related to computational algorithm which modern computers have made irrelevant. Nevertheless most of what is in this book is quite relevant - and will remain so forever. This book covers almost exactly th...
This is a very interesting book and one that explains complicated mathematical and economic ideas beautifully and simply. It is a story that involves gangsters, mathematicians, the founder of information theory, more gangsters and politicians and police (both corrupt and, well, even more corrupt...