I've had successful career as a scientist and later as an executive in business and government, most recently as the Executive Officer of The American Physical Society. I graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College before being awarded a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of California at Berkeley. My original research has been published extensively in the world's leading scholarly journals. In Risk and Reward, I've applied my scientific background to develop a definitive analysis of casino blackjack - how best to play and what results to expect.