1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008792170403321

Autore

Everitt, Brian Sidney <1944- >

Titolo

Cluster analysis / Brian S. Everitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Arnold, c1993

ISBN

0-340-58479-3

Edizione

[3rd. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 170 p. ; 24 cm

Locazione

DARPU

Collocazione

1225 sez. Andriello

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715329003321

Autore

Stark James R.

Titolo

Hydrogeology and water quality of glacial-drift aquifers in the Bemidji-Bagley area, Beltrami, Clearwater, Cass, and Hubbard counties, Minnesota / / by J.R. Stark, J.P. Busch, and M.H. Deters ; prepared in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Bemidji-Bagley Ground-Water Study Steering Committee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Paul, Minnesota : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1991

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 135 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 89-4136

Soggetti

Aquifers - Minnesota

Hydrogeology - Minnesota

Water quality - Minnesota

Drift - Minnesota

Aquifers

Drift

Hydrogeology

Water quality

Minnesota



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93).

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910160260703321

Autore

Thorp Edward O

Titolo

A Man for All Markets : From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2017

Westminster : , : Random House Publishing Group, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 pages)

Classificazione

BIO003000BUS050020GAM004000

Altri autori (Persone)

TalebNassim Nicholas

Disciplina

332.6092

B

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Biography & Autobiography

Business

Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.  Praise for  A Man for All Markets   “In  A Man for All Markets , [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment.” — The Wall Street Journal    “[Thorp] gives a biological summation (think Richard Feynman’s  Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! ) of his quest to prove the aphorism ‘the house always wins’ is flawed. . . . Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for would-be gamblers and day traders” —     Library Journal