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Book: My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance :: Book
Date: Thursday, 08 January, 2009 :: 18:54
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My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
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Product Group: book
Manufacturer: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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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.
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Average Customer Review: 
Summary: A very human description of his life and his work
Date: 2008-12-28 - 
Comment: Emanuel is a great writer. While anyone interested in either physics or quantitative finance will find his various thesis/projects quite an interesting read, the book really shines when it talks about his struggle with his Ph.D., shuttling between different cities in his post doc career and his life as a "quant" in investment banks. Highly recommended.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Book worthy to buy
Date: 2008-08-15 -
Comment: Well written book for people who would like to become Quant while their major is not finance.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: nice intro into working on wall st (as quant)
Date: 2008-08-11 -
Comment: I wanted to get a better picture on how it is to work as a "quant" on Wall Street, not knowing much to start out with. The book certainly met my expectations. I was a bit surprised that most of the research effort goes into financial engineering (developing and analyzing new products) as opposed to trying to better understand/predict how already existing products will do. It was interesting to understand the relationship between "quants" and traders. Finally, a bit surprising that so little from physics was applicable.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Appreciation for author's effort
Date: 2008-07-26 -
Comment: Though I barely have a clue about the models presented in the book, the author provided a very informative and descriptive view of life as a Quant. It even gives a picture of working in Wall Street. I thank the author for his effort.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Learn: What is a quant, and what's it like to be one, and why would you?
Date: 2008-06-21 -
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much. It's like a memoir, but focuses on his professional life. He talks about his training in physics, and how hard it is to get satisfactory (to him) employment. He switched to being a quantitative analyst on Wall Street. He talks a lot about what that really means, how the quants fit into the structure of Wall Street, and he even gets into some of the technical detail (I would have liked a bit more of that). It's well written and fun.
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