The unimaginable success of a gambling and investment legend
Edward O Thorp is the New York Times bestselling author of Beat the Dealer and a former professor of mathematics at MIT, UCLA and the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Orange County, California.
‘Thorp secured prizes, scholarships a professorship and
assassination attempt by the mob…[A] rattling read.’
*Business Life (British Airways magazine)*
‘A lively read.’
*MoneyWeek*
‘An amazing book by a true icon; Thorp launched revolutions in
Vegas and on Wall Street by turning math into magic, and here he
weaves his own life lessons into a page turner as hot as a deck
full of aces. Loved it!’
*Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of
Bringing Down The House and The Accidental
Billionaires*
‘An extraordinary autobiography which reads like a novel and
contains insights into what has gone wrong with the financial
system along the way.’
*John Kay, author of Other People’s Money*
‘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. ’
*Wall Street Journal*
‘Ed Thorp takes us on an incredible journey as we learn how to beat
blackjack, roulette, and then Wall Street, stop off to have dinner
with a young Buffett, unmask Madoff before anyone else, and so much
more. More important, it’s all fun, fascinating and filled with
lessons we can all use to be more successful in business and life.
Learn and enjoy, I did!’
*Joel Greenblatt, author of the New York Times bestseller
The Little Book that Beats the Market*
‘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.’
*Wall Street Journal*
‘The gripping story of how one man’s genius and dedication has
solved so many problems in diverse fields…There is nothing more
important than knowing how to think clearly. Read this book and
learn from a master.’
*Paul Wilmott, founder, Wilmott Magazine*
‘Whether you are an aspiring professional player, a casual gambler,
or an occasional visitor to Las Vegas, you can feel the impact of
Professor Ed Thorp’s intellect on that desert city. In 1962, Thorp
published the classic book Beat the Dealer. The text was based
on Thorp’s original research that stemmed from his curiosity about
the game of 21, and was billed as a “how to book” for the lay
person to beat the casinos at blackjack. And simply stated it
changed everything…The book chronicles Thorp’s heroic-like arc from
his humble beginnings growing up in a family that struggled to get
by – first in the cold winters of Chicago and later in the sun
soaked cities of southern California, where he excelled in a
variety of high school science courses and ultimately earned a
scholarship for his exceptional talents in physics – on through his
professional career as a gaming guru, and ultimately to his amazing
success in a stock market-centered career, where he would take his
knowledge and understanding of games of chance and apply it to the
biggest casino in the world, Wall Street…A Man for All
Markets chronicles Thorp’s personal journey in navigating the
unexpected and sometimes dangerous obstacles that come along with
challenging the status quo of a wealthy corporate adversary.’
*Nicholas G. Colon, Professional Advantage Gambler and Managing
Director of Alea Consulting Group, a casino gaming consulting
firm*
‘Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for
would-be gamblers and day traders.’
*Library Journal*
‘The kind of thing any would-be investor, to say nothing of casino
cowboy, ought to read. Thorp’s in-the-trenches account of gaming
the system(s) is a pleasure – and instructive, too.’
*Kirkus*
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