Introduction -- Loving to learn -- Science is my playground -- Physics and mathematics -- Las Vegas -- Conquering blackjack -- The day of the lamb -- Card counting for everyone -- Players versus casinos -- A computer that predicts roulette -- An edge at other gambling games -- Wall Street: the...

Slutsky's life and work -- Before the Bolshevik revolution, 1880-1917 -- From war communism to N.E.P., 1917-26 -- At the conjuncture institute, 1926-30 chapter -- The impact of Stalinism, 1930-45 -- Slutsky's lesser-known articles -- Slutsky on Sir William Petty : a short essay on his economic...