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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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##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##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##写至PNP关门前都还挺有意思的，不少有趣的故事，尤其是和香农一起玩耍的那段故事。之后就是一段财务自由的老头的狗尾续貂了。
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##所以BS model应该叫Thorp Model???
评分前面：我如何如何牛；中间：SEC是猪；最后：CFA入门教材
评分前面：我如何如何牛；中间：SEC是猪；最后：CFA入门教材
评分##所以BS model应该叫Thorp Model???
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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