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The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
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.
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##勉强四星吧，自传一般都无趣，本书也不例外，但还是有部分亮点，另外可读性不错
评分##Pros: bigger profits attracts bigger thieves -- the way they play is way more dirty, inefficient market is not an argument, it is how we can explore -- turn all into chances... Cons: he is a genius, not much experience revealed when he got challenged, stuck in life and how he got around, neither how he made major decisions..
评分##2017.12.13 在旅行期间陆陆续续看完了。索普是一个会写的人，将他原本就传奇的经历写的生动有趣，也可以从侧面一览美国赌博业和金融市场当年的发展。故事之外，贯穿全书的基本思想，一是学会独立思考，二是生活的意义在于你如何利用时间。就这样，他一次又一次的走在市场前面，赢得了金钱，也拥有了生活。
评分##在天才眼里，一切都是如此简单。人以群分，一生偶遇那么多牛人。他因斯皮策的调查而关闭对冲基金，只能说是因为他出身贫寒，不是既有体制内的人。
评分前面：我如何如何牛；中间：SEC是猪；最后：CFA入门教材
评分##勉强四星吧，自传一般都无趣，本书也不例外，但还是有部分亮点，另外可读性不错
评分##诚意不足的自传，读者目的是学习了解其投资技术的话，还不如去看William Poundstone的《Fortune's Formula》
评分##好看，如果把最后几章他所谓的人生感悟砍掉可以再加半颗星
评分##勉强四星吧，自传一般都无趣，本书也不例外，但还是有部分亮点，另外可读性不错
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