The Physics of Finance: Predicting the Unpredictable: Can Science Beat the Market?

James Owen Weatherall

ISBN 10: 1780721390 ISBN 13: 9781780721392
Published by Short Books Ltd, 2013
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In this important and engaging book, Weatherall tells the story of how physicists came to Wall Street and how their ideas changed finance forever.

About the Author: James Owen Weatherall is a physicist, philosopher, and mathematician. He holds graduate degrees from Harvard, the Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Irvine, where he is presently an assistant professor of logic and philosophy of science. He has written for Slate and Scientific American.

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Title: The Physics of Finance: Predicting the ...
Publisher: Short Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
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Published by Short Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1780721390 ISBN 13: 9781780721392
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A young scholar tells the story of the physicists and mathematicians who created the models that have become the basis of modern finance and argues that these models are the solution to-not the source of-our current economic woes. 286 pages. Seller Inventory # 1574805

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