| Description |
396 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Loving to learn -- Science is my playground -- Physics and mathematics -- Las Vegas -- Conquering blackjack -- The day of the lamb -- Card counting for everyone -- Players versus casinos -- A computer that predicts roulette -- An edge at other gambling games -- Wall Street: the greatest casino on earth -- Bridge with Buffett -- Going into partnership -- Front-running the quantitative revolution -- Rise -- ...and fall -- Period of adjustment -- Swindles and hazards -- Buying low, selling high -- Backing the truck up to the banks -- One last puff -- Hedging one's bets -- How rich is rich? -- Compound growth: the eighth wonder of the world -- Beat most investors by indexing -- Can you beat the market? should you try? -- Asset allocation and wealth management -- Giving back -- Financial crises: lessons not learned -- Thoughts -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"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" (Book jacket). |
| Subject |
Thorp, Edward O.
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| Subject(S) |
Investment advisors -- United States -- Biography.
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Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Gambling systems.
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Investments.
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Finance -- Mathematical models.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market |
| ISBN |
9781400067961 |
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1400067960 |
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