The Quants

The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
Hardcover edition
AuthorScott Patterson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFinance, trading, investing
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherCrown Business
Publication date
February 2, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages352 pp.
ISBN0-307-45337-5
Followed byDark Pools 

The Quants is the debut New York Times best selling book by Wall Street journalist Scott Patterson. It was released on February 2, 2010 by Crown Business. The book describes the world of quantitative analysis and the various hedge funds that use the technique. Two years later, Patterson published a follow-up book, Dark Pools: High Speed Traders, AI Bandits and the Threat to the Global Financial System, an investigative journey into the history of high-frequency trading and the spread of artificial intelligence in today’s markets.