Go to bookstore, crack open Chapter 13, and you will get a Cliff-Notes version of the book. If possible, go to Borders and buy the book and read it cover-to-cover. I am afraid for Borders the company, and I would hate to have them desist. If you are buying books this year, skip Amazon and B&N, Borders really needs your help.
I am almost half through this book, How I Became a Quant, then i realized it was published in 2007 when quant is very fashionable term. Surprisingly, it didn't use the word leverage to quantify gains on many people's benchmark performance, therefore, most of them were genius at time. I wondering how are they are doing now. This book fills some of gaps, but it is bit dry and kind of boring on writing, like reading people's resumes in long paragraphs.
Nitro have you bought a Kindle yet? I started using Kindle on my iphone and I love it. I find myself reading whenever I have a few minutes. Good thing about it, it's free, except of course for the iphone and the books. Surprising how good of a reading experience it is on that little screen.
No I haven't done it because I am waiting for the color version, or perhaps just get an AAPL tablet instead.
Interesting that you found it dry. Some interviews/chapters read this way, but some (most ?) are far more personal than a resume, imo.
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback) Atul Gawande (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Complications...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261340507&sr=8-1 I wished I had read this book before my daughter was born....
I am beginning to believe that as far as other people are concerned, being in a bookstore means you are looking for answers This time, an indian man, strangely haunting, comes up to me and says, all "the answers to all your questions are in here", and hands me this book: Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of the Philosophical library 1946 First Edition) (Paperback) ~ Paramhansa Yogananda (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261340768&sr=1-2 I thank him very much buy it and set it on my pile of things to read. I must have an inquisitive look to me or something
For those that liked this DSWLWDAW, you may like Into the Wild (Paperback) Jon Krakauer (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon...=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262229923&sr=8-3 You may read it in one sitting.