A review by charliemudd
The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable by James Owen Weatherall

4.0

A history of Wall Street-converted physicists that includes enough finance and probability theory to make it meaty; in other words, as Weatherall explains the importance of each subject's contribution to the quant evolution, he doesn't gloss over the math behind the man too much. I could have used a little more on the numbers side and little a less history, but then again the reason I was reading the book was to learn quant theory, not historical perspective. However, as with anything, one needs a timeline in order to understand the progression of ideas, and Weatherall provided that chronological schema, without relying too much on politics and personality to cover up any lack of mathematical expertise on his part.