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Scott Patterson worked for several years as a financial reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York.
Scott Patterson has the ability to see things you and I don't notice. In@lt;i@gt; The Quants@lt;/i@gt; he does an admirable job of debunking the myths of black box traders and provides a very entertaining narrative in the process. @lt;br@gt; --@lt;b@gt;Nassim Nicholas Taleb@lt;/b@gt;, New York Times bestselling author of@lt;i@gt; Fooled by Randomness@lt;/i@gt; and@lt;i@gt; The Black Swan@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt; Fascinating and deeply disturbing...Patterson gives faces and personalities to the quants, making their saga accessible and intriguing...[he's] onto a big story that begs follow-up. @lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;--New York Times@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Valuable...makes [the quants'] secretive world comprehensible...the story radiates with hubris, high stakes and expensive toys. @lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;--Bloomberg.com@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; A riveting account...there are many dramatic moments and a good dose of schadenfreude in Scott Patterson's THE QUA
