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Emanuel Derman

My Life As A Quant

Reflections on Physics and Finance

Wiley (Sep 16, 2004)

9780471394204

| Hardcover

304 pages | 155 x 231 mm | English

$ 34.95 | Value: $ 34.95

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Dewey 332.6 DER

LC Classification HG4621 .D47 2004

LC Control No. 2004007664

Genre

Non-Fiction

Subject

Mathematical Physics
Options (Finance)
Physicists - Biography. - United States
Quantum Theory

Plot

In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this fieldanalyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.