Thanks for posting this. Just added to my Amazon buy list. Definitely one of the most interesting men in the history of markets. Can't wait to read it.
Different people have different ways of learning or interpreting the world around them; History...is history, to me. I'm personally not a fan of old books or study or literature (...or even modern one's for that matter too) I kind of internalize everything myself -- outside of external influences.
You may think so, but that's not really possible. If anything, you're a product of our current ADD, non-critical thinking culture.
Ed Thorp documumentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402075/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 Ed Thorp http://www.countingedge.com/blackjack-players/edward-o-thorp/ http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/21mitblackjack.php http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1 another Las vegas card counting group.