So compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information... The book reads more like a delicious page-turning novel... Destined to become an instant classic...my nominee for financial book of the year * Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg * A terrific book, a terrific read... I recommend it highly... It's a hell of a story * Lou Dobbs, Tonight, Fox News * Tells a surprisingly captivating story. It turns out that a firm like Renaissance, filled with nerdy academics trying to solve the market's secrets, is way more interesting than your typical greed-is-good hedge fund * Joe Nocera, New York Times * Gregory Zuckerman lifts the lid on the most fascinating man in financial markets...superb reporting * Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times * Zuckerman brings the reader so close to the firm's inner workings that you can almost catch a whiff of the billionaire's Merit cigarette * Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg * A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons... readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up * Publishers Weekly * Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike * Kirkus * Zuckerman vividly tells the story of how Jim Simons and his team of scientists developed the most successful quantitative trading operation in history. . . . Immensely enjoyable * Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets * An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that * Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town * Leave it to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he's well and truly broken the code * James Grant, Grants Interest Rate Observer *