Room, p. 46 Expectation is a statistical fiction, like having 2.5 children. Part One, Entropy, Gamblers Ruin, p. 50 Far from preventing gambler's ruin , martingale accelerates it. Part One, Entropy, Gamblers Ruin, p. 52 Shannon's most radical insight was that meaning was irrelevant. Part One, Entropy, Randomness, Disorder, Uncertainty, p.