The Eudaemonic Pie - The Bizarre True Story of How a Band of Physicists and Computer Wizards Took On Las Vegas

The Eudaemonic Pie is the bizarre true story of how a band of physicists and computer wizards took on Las Vegas.

A propos de l'auteur

Thomas Bass was a member of the group whose adventures are chronicled in The Eudaemonic Pie. He writes for The New Yorker, Wired, and other magazines. He lives in New York and Paris. 
 

Résumé

The Eudaemonic Pie is the bizarre true story of how a band of physicists and computer wizards took on Las Vegas.

Texte suppl.

“A veritable piñata of a book, which when smashed by the reader’s enthusiastic attention, showers upon him everything from the history of useless roulette systems to the latest developments in chaos theory.” —The New York Times
“An astonishing and fascinating tale of scientific heroism.” —Richard Dawkins
 
“Bass has done the best job so far of capturing the marriage of technical imagination and the communal coziness that gave birth to Silicon Valley.” —Los Angeles Times

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thomas A Bass, Thomas A. Bass
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781504040693
• ISBN: 978-1-5040-4069-3
• Pages: 300
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Hobby, bricolage > Jeu et devinettes; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Général, dictionnaires; ebook, Fiction, Literary