Beschreibung:
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 field--analyzing 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.
Prologue The Two Cultures 1Chapter 1 Elective Affinities 17Chapter 2 Dog Years 29Chapter 3 a Sort of Life 53Chapter 4 A Sentimental Education 65Chapter 5 the Mandarins 77Chapter 6 Knowledge of the Higher Worlds 85Chapter 7 in the Penal Colony 95Chapter 8 Stop-time 117Chapter 9 Transformer 129Chapter 10 Easy Travel to other Planets 143Chapter 11 Force of Circumstance 175Chapter 12 a Severed Head 191Chapter 13 Civilization and Its Discontents 203Chapter 14 Laughter in the Dark 225Chapter 15 The Snows of Yesteryear 251Chapter 16 the Great Pretender 265Acknowledgments 271About the Author 272Index 273