While I had no name recognition of this brilliant theorist, turns out he is the same guy that wrote Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays (recommended). Als

While I had no name recognition of this brilliant theorist, turns out he is the same guy that wrote Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays (recommended). Also found this sad news: https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/04/18/elwyn-berlekamp-game-theorist-and-coding-pioneer-dies-at-78/ https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/04/18/elwyn-berlekamp-game-th...