Mark BraudeMark Braude is the author of Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle. He has been a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Stanford University and was named a 2017-2018 Public Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities. His ork has appeared in the New Republic, Los Angeles Times, Globe and Mail, and other publications. He lives in Vancouver with his wife. Read More Read Less