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My Life as a Quant

Reflections on Physics and Finance

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My Life as a Quant

By: Emanuel Derman
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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About this listen

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. 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.

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©2004 Emanuel Derman (P)2010 Tantor Audio Business Professionals & Academics Wall Street

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I'd expected the book to be predominantly about finance but it's almost as much about physics. Luckily, I'm interested in both so I enjoyed it but I could imagine it putting some people off.

Not what I expected, but enjoyable.

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Helped me understand the worlds of academia and investment banking. Some good lessons. Great narration.

Great read

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