The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It http://www.amazon.com/Quants-Whizzes-Conquered-Street-Destroyed/dp/0307453375%3FSubscriptionId%3D0R4R2DRX8WCTQCB26W02%26tag%3Dwajapi-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0307453375 http://www.wajapi.com/books/show/584 Scott Patterson http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kG9qEBJPL._SL75_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kG9qEBJPL._SL160_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kG9qEBJPL.jpg According to the WSJ: "How a swashbuckling breed of mathematicians and computer scientists nearly destroyed Wall Street." Evil Mathematicians and computer scientists? Who could resist? Sun Jan 24 11:51:01 +0000 2010 todo, finance