The maths geniuses who brought down wall street by patterson, scott isbn. The quants of wall street journal writer scott pattersons book, the quants, are exactly those fiercely competitive poker and bridge players, of which i was one at age 16, gone on to make an unthinkably luxurious living at it, in a highly respectable at least until just recently profession. To read about what the daytoday of doing the work of a quant is like, a better book would be something like my life as a quant. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with milliondollar stakes. Jesse s hixson additional contact information jesse s hixson.
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