LEADER 03877nam 22005293 450 001 9910160260703321 005 20241221110422.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001024918 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6100442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6100442 035 $a(OCoLC)970022015 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002716076 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001024918 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Man for All Markets $eFrom Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market 210 $d2017 210 1$aWestminster :$cRandom House Publishing Group,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (424 pages) 311 08$a1-4000-6796-0 311 08$a0-8129-9874-X 330 $aThe 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 606 $aNonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aBiography & Autobiography$2OverDrive 606 $aBusiness$2OverDrive 606 $aFinance$2OverDrive 615 17$aNonfiction. 615 7$aBiography & Autobiography. 615 7$aBusiness. 615 7$aFinance. 676 $a332.6092 676 $aB 686 $aBIO003000$aBUS050020$aGAM004000$2bisacsh 700 $aThorp$b Edward O$0103602 701 $aTaleb$b Nassim Nicholas$0448102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160260703321 996 $aA Man for All Markets$92891847 997 $aUNINA