Information about the author Edward O. Thorp is the author of the bestseller "Beat the Dealer," which revolutionized the game of Blackjack. His subsequent book "Beat the Market," co-authored with Sheen T. Kassouf, influenced securities markets worldwide. Thorp is one of the best Blackjack players and investors in the world, and his hedge funds were profitable for a total of twenty-nine years. He lives in Newport Beach, California.

Blurb: The incredible true story of the mathematics professor who could count cards and taught the world how to beat the dealer, and who was the first of the great quantitative investors to spark a revolution on Wall Street. As a child of the Great Depression, the legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting and proved the seemingly impossible: that one could beat the dealer at the Blackjack table. As a result, he initiated a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success.