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Cover of Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street by William Poundstone

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

William Poundstone · 2005
Mentioned 3 times across 1 podcast · 2019–2026
Mention timeline3 mentions
20192026
Where it's mentioned
#428 How Claude Shannon Worked
Founders · Aug 2026
“I'm gonna read a quote uh paragraph from there, uh from that book in one second too. But I just want to give you an overview of why he's doing this. Again, it just it was just another puzzle. Shin's interest in money resembled his other passions. He was not out to accrue wealth for wealth's sake, nor did he have any burning desire to own the finer things in life, but money created markets and math puzzles for Problems that could be analyzed. And interpreted. and played out. So then let”
#95 Claude Shannon
Founders · Oct 2019
“I s covered Uh on the when I covered Fortune's formula. Clutch Hannon had one of the best investing records of all time”
#92 Ed Thorp and Claude Shannon
Founders · Oct 2019
“William Poundstone's book, Fortune's Formula, collects much of the modern evidence on this point”