The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable

This book was recommended by a buddy recently. Few years back, I read about "Quant Investment: How did James Simons Beat the Market By Using Maths?". Those days, I tried everywhere to get an English version of similar books. I failed and it ended up remains as my only references to the great James Simons. Coincidentally, I was in the Futures Trading Competition and the champion (who beat me off, LOL) is actually the one who buys into James Simons' idea. So, the whole thing remains a myth to me until today. Well, hopefully this book can open up all my doubts and brings me to another world of speculation...

Ended up... this book disappointed me so much. I did not get what I want from this book. Well, I admit that I did not flip through in the first place since it was a recommendation by a buddy. But, I do expect it is more related to the finance and investment side since the title itself consist the wording of "Wall Street". At the end, it is just one of those histories and summaries that we can get from a lot of other books. The author just rearranges it as according to the chronology. Of course, the author does so with considerable style. But, to me... it is just some historical materials that I am so familiar with...

For a full rating of 10, I am going to rate this book at 2. The fact that this book does not meet my expectations contributed to the low rating. For those who are keen to explore on the history of predicting models, this book may still be a good choice. To me, I am too familiar with the said histories and I do not have the intention to dig further into it. It is just not my cup of tea...