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- ISBN 10: 081299874X
- ISBN 13: 9780812998740
- Author: Edward O. Thorp
A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success—and mathematically unassailable method—caused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed. Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to “the biggest casino in the world”: Wall Street. Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world’s first wearable computer.
Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classic—a book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world.
Table contents:
Chapter 1: Loving to Learn
Chapter 2: Science Is My Playground
Chapter 3: Physics and Mathematics
Chapter 4: Las Vegas
Chapter 5: Conquering Blackjack
Chapter 6: The Day of the Lamb
Chapter 7: Card Counting for Everyone
Chapter 8: Players Versus Casinos
Chapter 9: A Computer That Predicts Roulette
Chapter 10: An Edge at Other Gambling Games
Chapter 11: Wall Street: The Greatest Casino on Earth
Chapter 12: Bridge with Buffett
Chapter 13: Going into Partnership
Chapter 14: Front-Running the Quantitative Revolution
Chapter 15: Rise…
Chapter 16: …And Fall
Chapter 17: Period of Adjustment
Chapter 18: Swindles and Hazards
Chapter 19: Buying Low, Selling High
Chapter 20: Backing the Truck Up to the Banks
Chapter 21: One Last Puff
Chapter 22: Hedging Your Bets
Chapter 23: How Rich Is Rich?
Chapter 24: Compound Growth: The Eighth Wonder of the World
Chapter 25: Beat Most Investors by Indexing
Chapter 26: Can You Beat the Market? Should You Try?
Chapter 27: Asset Allocation and Wealth Management
Chapter 28: Giving Back
Chapter 29: Financial Crises: Lessons Not Learned
Chapter 30: Thoughts
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