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American philosopher of physics; professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine; author of The Physics of Wall Street and, with Cailin O'Connor, The Misinformation Age.
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Beat the MarketBook Edward O. Thorp and Sheen T. Kassouf
He wrote a book Beat the Market, another of my books choices, in 1967 but nobody paid any attention to it.
Five Books interview: the best books on Physics and Financial Markets
2013-10-11·fivebooks.com ↗
The Trouble With PhysicsBook Lee Smolin
Smolin’s argument in The Trouble with Physics is that string theory is both puzzling and hugely problematic.
Five Books interview: the best books on Physics and Financial Markets
2013-10-11·fivebooks.com ↗
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