Robert J Frey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Applied math prof at Stony Brook University: quantitative finance, computational science, economics, public policy, space exploration. Co-founder RWRI.
Blue Remembered Earth
Alastair ReynoldsRobert J Frey“Maybe the same clusters of genes that give rise to what we loosely label ‘criminality’ may also be lurking behind creativity, the impulse to experiment, the urge to test social boundaries.”—Alastair Reynolds, _Blue Remembered Earth_. About the dangers of genetic manipulation.
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Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One
Edward O. ThorpRobert J FreySomeone asked me what books would be useful in becoming a quant. There are any number of decent quant texts, but here are two books that people don’t usually think of: Beat the Dealer by Edward Thorpe and Moneyball by Michael Lewis. Then read Dynamic Hedging by Nassim Taleb.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1966
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jack: Secret Histories
F. Paul WilsonRobert J Frey“He’d had to leave his trusty Glock and backup home today because of his annual trip to the Empire State Building… April 19th King Kong Day. Every year he made a pilgrimage to the observation deck to leave a little wreath in memory of the Big Guy.”—F Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack)
Paperback, 2009
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Way of Zen =: [Zendao], Alan Watts](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780375705106.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1732568517)
The Way of Zen =: [Zendao]
Alan WattsRobert J Frey@JustinSaaS The Way of Zen by Alan Watts. It changed everything.
Paperback, 1999
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zen: A Short Introduction with Illustrations by the Author
Alan WattsRobert J Frey@JustinSaaS The Way of Zen by Alan Watts. It changed everything.
Hardcover, 2019
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tao Te Ching
Lao Lao TzuRobert J Frey@nntaleb “Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”—Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)
Paperback, 2001
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Life on the Mississippi
Mark TwainRobert J Frey“This present flood of 1882 will doubtless be celebrated in the river's history for several generations before a deluge of like magnitude shall be seen.”—Mark Twain (Life on the Mississippi, Chap XXVI) Twain understood the difference between Mediocristan and Extremistan.
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Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
Benjamin GrahamRobert J Frey“After you burn your mouth on hot milk, you blow on your yogurt.”—Turkish proverb quoted by Benjamin Graham in _The Intelligent Investor_
Hardcover, 2005
$39.99Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Halloween Tree
Ray BradburyRobert J Frey@pickover “The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats.”—Ray Bradbury (The Halloween Tree)
Paperback, 1999
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life On The Mississippi
Mark TwainRobert J Frey“This present flood of 1882 will doubtless be celebrated in the river's history for several generations before a deluge of like magnitude shall be seen.”—Mark Twain (Life on the Mississippi, Chap XXVI) Twain understood the difference between Mediocristan and Extremistan.
Paperback, 2016
$8.25Member price:$4.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book