My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance | 
 enlarge | Author: Emanuel Derman
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 45530
Media: Paperback
Pages: 292
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0470192739
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780470192733
ASIN: 0470192739
Publication Date: December 21, 2007
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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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 A very human description of his life and his work December 28, 2008
Z. Wu (New York, NY)
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.
Book worthy to buy August 15, 2008
Zicong Zhou (LA, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well written book for people who would like to become Quant while their major is not finance.
nice intro into working on wall st (as quant) August 11, 2008
Christopher Brunner (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Appreciation for author's effort July 26, 2008
N. Yu (United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Learn: What is a quant, and what's it like to be one, and why would you? June 21, 2008
Daniel Weinreb (Lexington, MA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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