Author: International Statistical Institute. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Contributed Papers, 39th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Vienna, Austria, Aug. 20-30, 1973
Author: International Statistical Institute. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author: Bibliographic Guide to Conference Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congresses
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Vols. for 1975- include publications cataloged by the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library with additional entries from the Library of Congress MARC tapes.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressProceedings in Print
Author: Evaluation of the Recursive Fix-point Method for the Dutch 69-C Econometric Annual Model
Author: A. A. van der GiessenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fix-point estimation
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A Restricted Subset Selection Procedure for the Largest Multiple Correlation Coefficient of Multivariate Normal Populations
Author: Andrew Scott GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Correlation (Statistics)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A Man for All Markets
Author: Edward O. ThorpPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812979907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
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
Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Vols. 1-4 include material to June 1, 1929.