A Mathematician Plays the Market Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. This text tells the story of how John Allen Paulos gambled - and lost - in his calamitous attempts to make a fortune on the stock market. Throughout his adventures in the marketplace, Paulos manages to shed light on its paradoxes and puzzles - how random is it? How do you assess risk? |
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| Title | A Mathematician Plays the Market Allen Lane Science Series |
| Author | John Allen Paulos |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0713996854, 9780713996852 |
| Length | 216 pages |
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