Dennis Purdy moved to Las Vegas at age 35 to become a professional gambler. His talents at card counting led to his creation of several Vegas gambling teams, with a winning session rate of 86 percent. He is the author of The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em and The Illustrated Guide to Blackjack. He lives in Tacoma, Washington, after retiring from full-time gambling in 1983.
From the reviews: <p> The present book aims to present a powerful new tool of computational mechanics, complex variable boundary integral equations. a ] The subject matter is presented carefully, step by step with many helpful introductory pieces of text. And it is therefore a pleasure to read the book; the pleasant printing and binding also contribute to the pleasure. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers: graduate students, academics, researchers and engineers. (SA, ren Christiansen, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1046 (21), 2004)