Most Popular Books by Gregory Zuckerman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm–and made $23 billion doing it. The greatest money maker in modern financial history, no other investor–Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros–has touched Jim Simons’ record. Since 1988, Renaissance’s signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion, and upon his passing, Simons left a legacy of investors who use his mathematical, computer-oriented approach to trading and building wealth. Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that’s swept the world. As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump’s victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit. The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It’s also a story of what Simons’s revolution will mean for the rest of us long after his death in 2024.

In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson''s background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing. He had spent a career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn''t sure how to do it. Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him and investors dismissed him. Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about. But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line. In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year''s end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm--a figure that dwarfed George Soros''s billion-dollar currency trade in 1992. Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move. Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn''t nearly enough. Written by the prizewinning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal, The Greatest Trade Ever is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating financial crisis--that outwitted Chuck Prince, Stanley O''Neal, Richard Fuld, and Wall Street''s titans--to make financial history.

"An inspiring and informative page-turner." –Walter Isaacson Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The authoritative account of the race to produce the vaccines that are saving us all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Solved the Market Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world’s biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn’t muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilization. A French businessman dismissed by many as a fabulist. A Turkish immigrant with little virus experience. A quirky Midwesterner obsessed with insect cells. A Boston scientist employing questionable techniques. A British scientist despised by his peers. Far from the limelight, each had spent years developing innovative vaccine approaches. Their work was met with skepticism and scorn. By 2020, these individuals had little proof of progress. Yet they and their colleagues wanted to be the ones to stop the virus holding the world hostage. They scrambled to turn their life’s work into life-saving vaccines in a matter of months, each gunning to make the big breakthrough—and to beat each other for the glory that a vaccine guaranteed. A #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Wall Street Journal investigative journalist lauded for his “bravura storytelling” (Gary Shteyngart) and “first-rate” reporting (The New York Times), Zuckerman takes us inside the top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes, and high-stakes government negotiations that led to effective shots. Deeply reported and endlessly gripping, this is a dazzling, blow-by-blow chronicle of the most consequential scientific breakthrough of our time. It’s a story of courage, genius, and heroism. It’s also a tale of heated rivalries, unbridled ambitions, crippling insecurities, and unexpected drama. A Shot to Save the World is the story of how science saved the world.

The inspirational real-life stories of superstar athletes Serena and Venus Williams, Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, and more! For sports fans, aspiring athletes and readers of sports biographies. Some of the most accomplished and famous athletes in the world—tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles, World Cup superstar Carli Lloyd and others—faced earthshaking challenges in their youth. But they refused to give up. Through hard work and determination, they rose above their circumstances and went on to conquer the sports world. This collection of mini biographies, complete with firsthand content drawn from in-depth interviews, is a source of inspiration and self-empowerment for kids and sports fans of all ages. Included in the book: Venus and Serena Wiliams (tennis), Simone Biles (gymnastics), Carli Lloyd (soccer), Wilma Rudolph (track and field), Mo''ne Davis (Little League baseball), Swin Cash (basketball), Elena Delle Donne (basketball), Bethany Hamilton (surfing), Ronda Rousey (mixed martial arts), and Kerri Strug (gymnastics). "An inspiring, empowering collection of true stories of perseverance and resolve." --Kirkus Reviews

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely. But a handful of men believed everything was about to change. Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes. No one understands these men—their ambitions, personalities, methods, and foibles—better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic narrative tracking a brutal competition among headstrong drillers. It stretches from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms. Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is. The frackers have already transformed the economic, environmental, and geopolitical course of history. Now, like the Rockefellers and the Gettys before them, they’re using their wealth and power to influence politics, education, entertainment, sports, and many other fields. Their story is one of the most important of our time. MEET THE FRACKERS GEORGE MITCHELL, the son of a Greek goatherd, who tried to tap rock that experts deemed worthless but faced an unexpected obstacle in his quest to change history. AUBREY McCLENDON, the charismatic scion of an Oklahoma energy family, who scored billions leading a historic land grab. He wasn’t prepared for the shocking fallout of his discoveries. TOM WARD, who overcame a troubled childhood to become one of the nation’s wealthiest men. He could handle natural-gas fields but had more trouble with a Wall Street power broker. HAROLD HAMM, the son of poor sharecroppers, who believed America had more oil than anyone imagined. Hamm was determined to find the crude before others caught on. CHARIF SOUKI, the dashing Lebanese immigrant who saw his career crumble and his fortune disintegrate, leaving one last, unlikely chance for success. MARK PAPA, the Enron castoff who panicked when he realized a resurgence of American natural gas was at hand, one that his company wasn’t prepared for.

Jim Simons ist der größte »Money Maker« der modernen Finanzgeschichte. Kein anderer Investor – weder Warren Buffett noch Ray Dalio oder George Soros – kommt ihm gleich. Seit 1988 hat der von seiner New Yorker Investmentgesellschaft Renaissance Technologies emittierte Medallion-Fonds eine durchschnittliche jährliche Rendite von 66 Prozent erzielt. Sein Unternehmen hat damit Gewinne von mehr als 100 Milliarden Dollar erwirtschaftet; Simons Vermögen liegt bei mehr als 20 Milliarden Dollar. Aber auch in der Welt jenseits der Finanzen wurde Simons zu einer wichtigen Figur. Die wissenschaftliche Forschung, Bildung und die Politik wurden von ihm maßgeblich beeinflusst, er spendete mehrere Hundert Millionen Dollar. Gregory Zuckerman, mehrfach ausgezeichneter New York Times-Bestsellerautor, erzählt die fesselnde Geschichte eines Weltklasse-Mathematikers und ehemaligen Codeknackers, der die Finanzwelt revolutionierte. Mit beispiellosem persönlichen Zugang zu Simons und vielen seiner engsten Mitarbeiter zeichnet er das Porträt eines modernen Midas, der die Märkte nach seinem eigenen Bild neu gestaltet hat. Und er zeigt, welche Folgen der fast schon albtraumhafte Aufstieg von Simons'' für uns alle hat.

★《金融時報》年度最佳商業書 ★《金融時報》年度與麥肯錫商業書獎入圍 ★紐約時報暢銷書《洞悉市場的人》作者最新力作 小說般精彩起伏的劇情 生物醫學史上最激勵人心的篇章 溯源超過40年 訪問超過300位產官學研專家 以宛如小說的筆法 生動展現新冠疫苗5大廠牌的激烈商戰 「一本鼓舞人心、資訊豐富，讓人愛不釋手的書。」 ──《賈伯斯傳》作者 華特‧艾薩克森 2020年新冠肺炎爆發時，幾乎沒有人做好準備。 政府官員、企業領導人和公共衛生專家對於百年來最具破壞性的流行病束手無策， 就連許多世界上最大的藥廠和疫苗製造商都反應遲緩，無法拯救絕望的世人。 當病毒劫持世界，此時挺身而出的， 竟是一群看起來不可靠的科學家和商人！ 包括狀似滿口謊話的法國商人班塞爾（莫德納執行長）、 沒有研發病毒疫苗經驗的土耳其移民吳沙忻（BNT創辦人）、 使用可疑技術的波士頓科學家巴魯克（腺病毒專家）、 被同儕排擠的英國科學家沃倫和匈牙利籍研究員考里科（mRNA研究先鋒）…… 為了與死亡賽跑，這些科學家與商人群起而戰， 爭相將畢生的努力投入新冠疫苗，力圖在這場研發競賽中奪得勝利。 《華爾街日報》調查記者、 《紐約時報》暢銷書第一名作家古格里．祖克曼帶我們潛進高度機密的實驗室及各大疫苗機構高層。 深入淺出的報導，加上高潮迭起的劇情， 讓本書不只是當代最重要的疫苗科學編年史， 也成就一則關於競爭、野心與信念的動人故事。 【權威推薦】 陳建仁 中華民國前副總統、中央研究院院士 徐明達 國立陽明大學榮譽退休教授 林奇宏 國立陽明交通大學校長 賴明詔 中央研究院院士 顏博文 慈濟慈善事業基金會執行長 黃玉成 台灣疫苗推動協會理事長 翁啟惠 中央研究院院士 張上淳 台灣大學副校長 邱冠明 亞東醫院院長 吳忠勳 經濟部生技醫藥產業發展推動小組主任 洪子仁 新光醫院副院長 （依來稿序） 《疫苗商戰》描寫當代最重要的疫苗研發故事， 本書細述一群科學家如何在不被看好的艱困中奉獻付出，堅持不懈， 最後成功製造出讓全人類受益的全新疫苗。 類小說的筆觸，綜觀疫苗的研發、挑戰與信念， 對於立志於科技研發的讀者，和生醫產業的企業家正是一大鼓舞。 ──陳建仁 中華民國前副總統、中央研究院院士 本書就是描述新式疫苗的發展經過， 在人類疫苗發展歷史上寫了新頁，很值得一讀。 ──徐明達 國立陽明大學榮譽退休教授 讓台灣讀者一睹為快這場關於人性、信念與時間賽跑的故事。 ──林奇宏 國立陽明交通大學校長 新冠疫苗的研發是生物科技最閃亮的成果，相當於醫學的阿波羅計畫。 但它不是一帆風順，它躍過了科學的障礙、投資者的遲疑以及政治的不確定性， 才有今天這樣百花齊放的新冠疫苗景觀。 ──賴明詔 中央研究院院士 天下文化這系列關於當今主流疫苗研發上市的專書， 對於這一波疫苗研發的第一手資訊提供， 以及未來公、私部門各界的防疫合作和策略上， 應該會有較完整及實際的助益。 ──顏博文 慈濟慈善事業基金會執行長 且聽這些生技藥廠中的關鍵人物談談他們如何突破這些疫苗的關鍵技術。 這是所有關心新冠病毒、新冠疫苗、生醫科技的各界人士，都應該閱讀的一本書。 ──黃玉成 台灣疫苗推動協會理事長 這是一本值得細讀、令人感動、又有高度啟發性和激勵人心的偉大作品。 ──翁啟惠 中央研究院院士 當每一個科學家前仆後繼的扮演好自己的角色時， 才是這個世界賴以穩定、前進、突破的最重要根源！ ──邱冠明 亞東醫院院長 天下文化出版的疫苗相關書籍讓我們更高度關注此議題。 國內必須藉著強化跨部會合作及整合產、學、研、醫的潛能、建構以國內外學研界在嶄新mRNA疫苗及藥物之開發， 輔以CDMO委託開發製造之能量，進行臨床前製程開發及臨床藥物之量產， 才能加速提升國產mRNA疫苗研發技術與生產平台發展並與國際接軌， 進而帶動國內上游產業形成另一群護國神山。 ──吳忠勳 經濟部生技醫藥產業發展推動小組主任 天下文化順應COVID-19疫情出版一系列報導疫苗相關書籍， 像是AZ與BNT疫苗在面對疫情危機時刻展現創新爆發力而研發上市的過程，令人動容。 近日台灣本土疫情趨於平緩，正是回頭關心台灣疫苗產業發展的好時機。 ──洪子仁 新光醫院副院長 開發新冠疫苗的競賽是醫學史上最激勵人心的劇情， 而《疫苗商戰》是基於出色的報導與訪問所有團隊所呈現出讓人激動的故事。 這是一本鼓舞人心、資訊豐富，讓人愛不釋手的書。 ──《賈伯斯傳》作者 華特‧艾薩克森（Walter Isaacson） 對科學研究與各方人物的性格描述皆有所本。 如同眾多偉大的科學傳奇， 本書也描繪出各式各樣的機緣、失敗、堅持、挫折，以及失落。 ──《自然》期刊（Nature） 新冠疫苗發展的迷人紀實著作； 作者以扣人心弦的手法描繪複雜的科學研發過程， 切入角度令人驚艷，讓人捨不得放下這本書。 ──《出版者週刊》（Publishers Weekly） 作者透過嚴謹的考究敘述這場讓人印象深刻的醫學勝利，值得一讀！ ──《柯克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews） 敘事推展手法令人振奮， 在探討現實世界科學企業精神的書籍中， 這無疑是我讀過最優秀的作品， 精采程度不輸崔西‧基德（Tracy Kidder）的經典著作《新機器的錄魂》（The Soul of a New Machine）。 我大力推薦各位一讀！ ──保羅‧卡卓斯基（Paul Kedrosky） SK創投公司（SK Ventures）投資人暨合夥人 一定要讀！ ──美國最長壽且經典的生活休閒雜誌《城鎮與鄉村》（Town & Country） 作者簡介 古格里．祖克曼 Gregory Zuckerman 暢銷書《洞悉市場的人》（The Man Who Solved the Market）、 《史上最大交易》（The Greatest Trade Ever）和《頁岩油商》（The Frackers）作者， 《華爾街日報》特約撰述，主要報導金融機構、人物專訪、企業等， 亦從事避險基金和其他商業調查報導； 曾三次贏得財經新聞界最高榮譽的羅布獎（Gerald Loeb award）。 譯者簡介 張玄竺（序、第一至六章、第十五章） 英國愛丁堡大學英國文學碩士，荷蘭拉德堡大學跨國商業溝通碩士在讀中。 從文到商、從東方到西方，人生不斷跨越與挑戰。 翻譯既是寄託，也是身心靈的形而上搖滾。 廖月娟（第七至十章） 美國西雅圖華盛頓大學比較文學碩士。 曾獲誠品好讀報告2006年度最佳翻譯人、2007年金鼎獎最佳翻譯人獎、 2008年吳大猷科普翻譯銀籤獎。 譯作繁多，包括《賈伯斯傳》、《你要如何衡量你的人生？》、 《旁觀者》、《謝謝你遲到了》等數十冊。 鍾榕芳（第十一至十四章） 翻譯碩士就讀中。 翻譯此書時，因科學家的奉獻精神熱血沸騰， 因熱血中流著其守護世界的心血而滿懷感激，謝謝你們。 黃瑜安（第十六章至後記） 政大經濟系畢，目前就讀臺大翻譯碩士學位學程。 翻譯期間接種了兩劑新冠疫苗，在此感謝科學家夜以繼日的付出。

Nur wenige waren bereit, als im Januar 2020 in Wuhan, China, eine mysteriöse Atemwegserkrankung auftrat. Politiker, Regierungsbeamte, Wirtschaftsführer, Pharmariesen, Forscher und Fachleute im Gesundheitswesen waren auf die verheerendste Pandemie seit einem Jahrhundert nicht vorbereitet. Viele der weltgrößten Arzneimittel- und Impfstoffhersteller reagierten nur langsam oder waren nicht in der Lage, eine wirksame Antwort zu finden. Es lag an einer kleinen Gruppe ungewöhnlicher und wenig beachteter Wissenschaftler und Führungskräfte, die Zivilisation zu retten. Weit weg vom Rampenlicht hatten sie Jahre damit verbracht, innovative Impfstoffe zu entwickeln. Ihre Arbeit wurde mit Skepsis und Spott bedacht. Bis zum Jahr 2020 hatten diese Personen kaum Beweise für Fortschritte. Dennoch wollten sie und ihre Kollegen dem Virus, das die Welt als Geisel hielt, Einhalt gebieten. Sie versuchten, ihr Lebenswerk innerhalb weniger Monate in lebensrettende Impfstoffe umzuwandeln. Jeder wollte den großen Durchbruch schaffen – und sich gegenseitig um den Ruhm bringen, den ein Impfstoff garantiert. Als #1-New York Times-Bestsellerautor und preisgekrönter Enthüllungsjournalist des Wall Street Journal nimmt uns Zuckerman mit in die streng geheimen Labors, die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Unternehmen und die Verhandlungen mit Regierungsstellen, die zu den wirksamen Impfstoffen führten. Dies ist eine schillernde Chronik des folgenreichsten wissenschaftlichen Durchbruchs unserer Zeit, detailliert berichtet und unendlich fesselnd. Es ist eine Geschichte über Mut, Genialität und Heldentum. Es ist auch eine Geschichte über hitzige Rivalitäten, ungezügelten Ehrgeiz, lähmende Unsicherheiten und unerwartete Dramen. Eine Dosis Hoffnung ist die Geschichte, wie die Wissenschaft die Welt rettete.

Неймовірна історія таємничого математика, який завдяки розробленим алгоритмам заробив 23 мільярди доларів. Джим Саймонс -- видатний фінансист, засновник інвестиційної компанії Renaissance Technologies, математик, академік, меценат і найуспішніший інвестор за версією The Economist. Жоден інший інвестор -- Уоррен Баффет, Пітер Лінч, Рей Даліо, Стів Коен чи Джордж Сорос -- не досягнув його рекорду. Спираючись на безпрецедентну можливість доступу до Саймонса, журналіст із Wall Street Journal Ґреґорі Зукерман розповідає захопливу історію того, як математик і колишній хакер опанував фінансовий ринок. "Людина, яка хакнула ринок" -- це портрет сучасного Мідаса, який на власний розсуд змінив фінансовий ринок, але не спрогнозував, як це може вплинути на його компанію та країну. Алгоритми обробки даних від Саймонса змінили фінансовий світ назавжди. Як це відбувалося і що ця революція означає для нас усіх -- читайте у книзі.

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