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The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Turing

Andrew Hodges
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The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges comes up on Acquired, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.

The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.

The great example that Greg Zuckerman gives in the book is yes a baseball game there's three balls and two strikes that state has a narrow set of states after it...

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Renaissance Technologies on Acquired
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The host briefly mentions the book to illustrate a point about decision-making in a baseball game. It serves as a metaphor for understanding complex situations.

The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges most often appears in conversations about example of decision making.

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The host briefly mentions the book to illustrate a point about decision-making in a baseball game. It serves as a metaphor for understanding complex situations.

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Recent show rotation: Acquired.

Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 27:24 in the episode where we captured it.

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Renaissance Technologies on Acquired is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 27:24.

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The host briefly mentions the book to illustrate a point about decision-making in a baseball game. It serves as a metaphor for understanding complex situations. It most often appears in conversations about example of decision making.

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The great example that Greg Zuckerman gives in the book is yes a baseball game there's three balls and two strikes that state has a narrow set of states after it...

Sentiment: Passing Reference
For: Individuals interested in decision theory and sports analytics.
Key quote: The great example that Greg Zuckerman gives in the book is yes a baseball game there's three balls and two strikes that state has a narrow set of states after it...
The host briefly mentions the book to illustrate a point about decision-making in a baseball game. It serves as a metaphor for understanding complex situations.