My Life as a Quant - Rambling Readers

304 pages

English language

Published Sept. 16, 2004 by Wiley.

ISBN:: 978-0-471-39420-4

(1 review)

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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4 stars

I didn't have any expectations of this book before I read it, other than it would hopefully give me some better insight into a part of the world of investment banking that I have worked. Towards the later part of the first half, I was starting to wonder when he would get to the finance part of his life, but once I got there I appreciated the lead-up. I was not looking to read a book on life in academia, but now that I have, I feel somewhat enlightened. The particulars of the physics theories were a bit over my head, but I grasped what he was writing about enough to understand the overall points. I think I will need to study options theory a bit more to fully appreciate the second half, but it was an interesting read and will give me more perspective while I continue to increase …

I didn't have any expectations of this book before I read it, other than it would hopefully give me some better insight into a part of the world of investment banking that I have worked. Towards the later part of the first half, I was starting to wonder when he would get to the finance part of his life, but once I got there I appreciated the lead-up. I was not looking to read a book on life in academia, but now that I have, I feel somewhat enlightened. The particulars of the physics theories were a bit over my head, but I grasped what he was writing about enough to understand the overall points. I think I will need to study options theory a bit more to fully appreciate the second half, but it was an interesting read and will give me more perspective while I continue to increase my knowledge in those areas. This book may not be a good pick for those that are not into physics or finance, though my 17 month old son enjoyed it. I read this book to him over the past couple of week for his bed-time stories.