Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Chance, Skill, and Luck: The Psychology of Guessing and Gambling by John Cohen


Chance, Skill, and Luck: The Psychology of Guessing and Gambling

by John Cohen

Book Description: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1960. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover, Blue wrappers with black title to cover and spine, Assumed First Edition, 1960. Out-of-print. Book Condition: Good, cover rubbed, soil and fading to covers and spine, damp staining to spine which has caused some warping of the text block, pages show significant tanning. No dust jacket. Contents: Editorial Foreword, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. Psychological Probability, 3. Divination, Ordeal, and Gambling, 4. Combining Uncertainties of Skill and Chance, 5. Chance verses Skill, 6. The Qualities of Luck, 7. Luck and Achievement, 8. Alcohol: Risk and Hazard, 9. On Being Precisely Inexact, 10. Probability, Hope, and the Subjective Future, 11. Retrospect, Bibliography, Index. 201 pages. -- For traders, understanding the mindset of the masses is important, especially if one wan's to be part of the 10% of the traders that actually make consistent money. For five bucks this book will help you to understand how the other 90% (consistent losers) think. (NOT collectible, but a good reading copy). Recommended Reading.

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