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Why is gambling so attractive? How do gamblers lose when they win?
The development of Mathematics has had strong links to chance, gambling and risk - from basic probability to dynamical chaos.
Those who might be tempted to gamble in the hope of making a small fortune should recognise that the easiest way to do this is to start with a large fortune.
For shuffling cards and throwing dice, this talk is intended to provide some instruction in the ways by which gambling odds may be slanted unfairly, to the profit of the card sharp or dice mechanic, at the considerable expense of the innocent and/or unwary.
Frank Berkshire is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Mathematics.
He says on his website that his research interests are "Classical mechanics and theoretical fluid mechanics and their application to sport and gambling".
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Dr Frank Berkshire | talks |
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Date and Time: |
17 March 2011 at 7:00 pm |
Duration: | 2 hours |
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Venue: |
Friends of Imperial College |
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Tickets: |
£3 - £10 |
Available from: |
admin@friendsofimperial.org.uk |
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