melv asked:
The book is about a group of young mid 1960′s mathematicians/phicisists who develop software & build a computing device to beat the roulette wheel in casinos in Vegas etc.They embarked on this scientific adventure from a ‘hippy’ outlook and persued their endeavours over a number of years ending with scientific and personal acedemic success, and some monetary gain. I think that one of these west-coast college drop-outs ended up a founder of the Hewlett Packard Corp