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A Man for All Markets

byEd Thorp

Mathematician and investor Edward O. Thorp recounts a life devoted to finding measurable edges in games and markets. He describes using probability and early wearable computing to beat blackjack and roulette, then applying similar principles to warrants, options, and quantitative investing. Along the way, Thorp encountered casinos, Wall Street figures, academic skepticism, and financial fraud. The memoir explains complex ideas through experiment and story, emphasizing risk control, independent thinking, and compound growth. Its broader lesson is that careful measurement and disciplined skepticism can reveal opportunities hidden behind convention, luck, and apparent randomness.

Publisher

Valor Editions de España

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

406

ISBN

9780812979909