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- 2007-11-15
- ISBN
- 9780470192733
- EAN
- 9780470192733
- Book Title
- My Life As a Quant : Reflections on Physics and Finance
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Science, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Physics / Quantum Theory, Finance / General, Investments & Securities / Options, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Science & Technology, Investments & Securities / General
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Praise for My Life as a Quant "My Life as a Quant, by Emanuel Derman is, indeed, a perfect memoir, as Derman, a South African born physicist turned financial engineer, is a perfect memoirist." --Grants Interest Rate Observer "That sense of being an intruder in outlaw territory lends an intriguing mood to Dermans My Life as a Quant , a literate and entertaining memoir."--BusinessWeek "Dermans memoir of his transition from mathematical physicist to expert finance whiz at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers reads like a novel, but tells a lot about brains applied to making money grow."--Paul A. Samuelson, MIT, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1970 "Elegantly written by a gifted observer who was a pioneering member of the new profession of financial engineering with an evident affection both for finance as a science and for the scientists who practice it. Dermans portrait of how the academics brought their new financial science to the world of business and his descriptions of the late and extraordinary genius Fischer Black who became his mentor, reveal a surprising humanity where it might be least expected."--Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics, Sloan School, MIT " a deep and elegant exploration by a thinker who moved from the hardest of all sciences (physics) to the softest of the soft (finance). Derman is a different class of thinker... I know of no other book that bridges the two cultures."--Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness
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Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470192739
ISBN-13
9780470192733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61503717
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Life As a Quant : Reflections on Physics and Finance
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Physics / Quantum Theory, Finance / General, Investments & Securities / Options, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Science & Technology, Investments & Securities / General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
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Hg4621.D47 2008
Reviews
"There are few "gentlemen bankers" left these days. Nor is there much room in the great financial houses for anything that smacks of the amateur spirit. That is why Emanuel Derman's memoirs are so compelling...Derman's wry humour and sense of irony are apparent throughout the book." - Financial Times "That sense of being an intruder in outlaw territory lends an intriguing mood to Derman's My Life As a Quant , a literate and entertaining memoir." - Business Week "engaging" --( CFO Europe , October 2005) "Not only a delightful memoir, but one full of information, both about people and their enterprise. I never thought that I would be interested in quantitative financial analysis, but reading this book has been a fascinating education." -Jeremy Bernstein, author of Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma "This wonderful autobiography takes place in that special time when scientists discovered Wall Street and Wall Street discovered them. It is elegantly written by a gifted observer who was a pioneering member of the new profession of financial engineering, with an evident affection both for finance as a science and for the scientists who practice it. Derman's portrait of how the academics brought their new financial science to the world of business and forever changed it and, especially, his descriptions of the late and extraordinary genius Fischer Black who became his mentor, reveal a surprising humanity where it might be least expected. Who should read this book? Anyone with a serious interest in finance and everyone who simply wants to enjoy a good read."-Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics, Sloan School, MIT
Table of Content
Prologue The Two Cultures 1 Chapter 1 Elective Affinities 17 Chapter 2 Dog Years 29 Chapter 3 a Sort of Life 53 Chapter 4 A Sentimental Education 65 Chapter 5 the Mandarins 77 Chapter 6 Knowledge of the Higher Worlds 85 Chapter 7 in the Penal Colony 95 Chapter 8 Stop-time 117 Chapter 9 Transformer 129 Chapter 10 Easy Travel to other Planets 143 Chapter 11 Force of Circumstance 175 Chapter 12 a Severed Head 191 Chapter 13 Civilization and Its Discontents 203 Chapter 14 Laughter in the Dark 225 Chapter 15 The Snows of Yesteryear 251 Chapter 16 the Great Pretender 265 Acknowledgments 271 About the Author 272 Index 273
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
332.6092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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