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grendelt · 2019-12-15 · Original thread
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/0...

"The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator" https://www.amazon.com/Mosquito-Human-History-Deadliest-Pred...

"The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution" https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution/dp/0...

"Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity" https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Darwin-Genetic-Engineering-Hu...

"Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" https://www.amazon.com/Biased-Uncovering-Hidden-Prejudice-Sh...

"Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized...

"The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War" https://www.amazon.com/Spy-Traitor-Greatest-Espionage-Story/...

"Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion" https://www.amazon.com/Trick-Mirror-Self-Delusion-Jia-Tolent...

"Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know" https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-about-People...

"Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence" https://www.amazon.com/Prediction-Machines-Economics-Artific...

melling · 2019-11-11 · Original thread
There was a book published last week on Jim Simons and Renaissance Technologies:

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution/dp/0...

The author was interviewed on the Masters in Businesss podcast:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2019-10-30/gregory-zuck...

Simons is a serious mathematician:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician)

He won the Oswald Veblen Prize in 1976:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometr...

mason55 · 2019-11-11 · Original thread
A decent book about Jim Simons just came out last week

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution-eboo...

I'm most of the way through it, it's an interesting read

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