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The author Dr. Joseph E. Brierly earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Wayne State University in 1975. As part of his graduate level mathematics program he took many advanced courses in the theory of probability and statistics. Later on in his professional career as a mathematician working for the US Army he mastered computer systems design. Interest in applying mathematics to games of chance followed naturally from his mathematics and computer skills. He spent his hobby time pursuing finding ways to optimize bets at harness race tracks and optimizing chances for winning a lottery. This book...

The author Dr. Joseph E. Brierly earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Wayne State University in 1975. As part of his graduate level mathematics program he took many advanced courses in the theory of probability and statistics. In his professional career as a mathematician working for the US Army he mastered computer systems design. Interest in applying mathematics to games of chance became a hobby that led naturally to developing computer algorithms for optimizing ways to make money at the harness race tracks. He succeeded in making profits every year for over 20 years at a number of...

Animal photoons are much like cartoons excepting they are based on real-life photography. And photoons often have more narrative than what is usually found in a cartoon. Future plans are to make a sequence of photoon books. This first book contains 188 photoons. Everyone viewing them will get their share of smiles, belly laughs and guffaws. There is something funny for everyone of all ages and sophistication. This book is highly original. No book comparable to this collection can be found any where but here. The photography captures extremely unique images of animals found at a typical zoo....

One might wonder why anyone in this day and age of electronics would feel a need to write poetry. There is a simple answer. No better way exists to express insightful feelings than by putting it in poetry form. Who remembers endless prose? Few do. Capturing insight in the form of a poem has a powerful impact unlike reams of prosaic writing. Any one who doubts this point should read T.S. Eliot's Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock or Gerontion. Old men reading these Eliot poems understand fully the enigmas of growing old in a younger world. Poetry gives lasting power to conveying the spirit of the...