Background
Thorp, Edward Oakley was born on August 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oakley Glenn and Josephine (Gebert) Thorp.
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Beat the Dealer | A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One by Edward O. Thorp | 1966 | Random House
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New York Times Bestseller Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in Beat the Dealer he reveals the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for two generations. From Las Vegas to Monte Carlo, the tables have been turned and the house no longer has the advantage at blackjack. Containing the basic rules of the game, proven winning strategies, how to overcome casino counter measures and spot cheating. Beat the Dealer is the bible for players of this game of chance. Perforated cards included in the book are a convenient way to bring the strategies into the casino. A winning strategy for the game of 21. The essentials, consolidated in simple charts, can be understood and memorized by the average player.
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Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One by Thorp, Edward ( Author ) Paperback Apr- 1966 Paperback Apr- 12- 1966
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More than twenty years after the publication of Beat the Dealer, the best-selling book on winning at blackjack, Dr. Edward O. Thorp again focused his attention on gambling games with an analysis of: * BACCARAT -- Can card counting eliminate the house advantage? * BACKGAMMON -- Playing optimally in endgame situations. * BLACKJACK -- Understanding blackjack systems and detecting cheating. * GAMBLING GAMES -- Which ones you cannot beat and why. * MONEY MANAGEMENT -- How to maximize your return and what strategies to avoid. * ROULETTE and the WHEEL OF FORTUNE -- Using the laws of physics to predict the next winning number. In easy-to-understand language, learn what a leading mathematician discovered in thirty years of computer-assisted research. This is the long-awaited publication of Dr. Thorp's accumulated work on gambling. Before you risk your money, find out what the "Albert Einstein of Gambling" has to say!
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Investment management company executive
Thorp, Edward Oakley was born on August 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oakley Glenn and Josephine (Gebert) Thorp.
Bachelor in Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958.
Instructor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1959, C.L.E. Moore instructor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1961. Assistant professor New Mexico State University, 1961-1963, associate professor mathematics, 1963-1965, University of California, Irvine, 1965-1967, professor mathematics, 1967-1982, Adjunct Professor finance, 1982-1987. Regents lecturer University of California, Irvine, 1992-1993.
Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1991.
Chairman Oakley Sutton Management Corporation, Newport Beach, California, 1972-1991. Managing general partner Princeton/Newport Partners, Newport Beach, 1969-1991, OSM Partners, MIDAS Advisors, Newport Beach, 1986-1989.
General partner Edward O. Thorp & Associations, L.P., Newport Beach, 1989. Portfolio manager, consultant Glenwood Investment Corporation, Chicago, 1992-1994.
Principal, consultant Grosvenor Capital Management, Chicago, 1992-1993.
President Noesis Corporation, 1994. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1954-1955, 62-64, Air Force Office Science Research, 1964-1973.
(Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twent...)
(More than twenty years after the publication of Beat the ...)
(Beat the Dealer | A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twen...)
(New York Times Bestseller Edward O. Thorp is the fath...)
(Published by Random House)
("profits in bad times")
Fellow National Science Foundation, Institute of Mathematics Statistics. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Vivian Sinetar, January 28, 1956. Children: Raun, Karen, Jeffrey.