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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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##自传。索普早年跟香农和凯利同在贝尔实验室，但他特别想挣钱，动了很多脑筋。他是最早跑到赌场去算21点的那批人之一，大胜，后来写了本书《战胜庄家》；后来发现可转债错价，就是可转债隐含期权价格与对应股票价格之间的错配，于是成立对冲基金搞这个，又赚了很多钱，是最早的对冲基金管理人，然后又写了本书《战胜市场》。虽然后来卷入丑闻公司关了，总的来说是人生大赢家，脑袋好使，钱袋很鼓。 在新书自序中，索普说，自己基本靠自学，所以想得跟人不同。 第一，不盲从常识，比如说不能战胜赌场。我得自己试试。 第二，我习惯将纯粹思想变成盈利工具。 第三，设定目标，制定可行计划，坚持到底。 第四，努力做到一贯理性，不是说在某个专业领域里而已，而是在与世界打交道的所有方面。 第五，在基于证据作出决策之前，保留判断。
评分##【2017读书计划•贰拾捌】巨赞，是我欣赏的偶像啊！！强烈推荐大家读，比黑客和画家还棒！
评分##前半部分透露出些沾沾自喜的口气有点烦人，但是故事讲的精彩。到了后半不讲故事开始一些杂乱的平行话题，也有点散
评分##1.传奇的人生；2.总能在恰当的时候放弃旁人看来可能觉得可惜的路，佩服；3.听到好多教科书中熟悉的名字；4.要是早点看到这本书我一定会更认真学数学；5.产生了一种“我也可以写几行代码轻松套利”的错觉；6.要是少一点“我和诺奖得主曾在一所学校任教（虽然我俩不熟）”““我女儿收到了巴菲特的回信（虽然后来什么也没发生）”这类无关紧要的内容会更好
评分##半本好书，前面挺有意思，讲他如何少年时的读书生涯，如何在几个专业间流转，如何解出21点，如何成为最早的quant并建立自己的hedge fund。可惜后面部分行文太过随意，没什么有深度的东西了。
评分##【2017读书计划•贰拾捌】巨赞，是我欣赏的偶像啊！！强烈推荐大家读，比黑客和画家还棒！
评分##4.2/5
评分前面：我如何如何牛；中间：SEC是猪；最后：CFA入门教材
评分##【2017读书计划•贰拾捌】巨赞，是我欣赏的偶像啊！！强烈推荐大家读，比黑客和画家还棒！
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