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Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world

The Life Scientific

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Gambling with Chaos: A Cosmic Journey

This chapter explores the intersection of physical cosmology and gambling, recounting a summer of poker and blackjack that sparked discussions on predicting outcomes in roulette. It details the innovative development of a wearable computer for roulette ball prediction, highlighting technical challenges faced in the 1970s and the broader implications of chaos analysis in understanding complex systems.

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