My Life as a Quant
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What’s it about?
A physicist's journey from academia to Wall Street, where he pioneered quantitative finance and discovered the limits of models in a world of uncertainty.
You’ll learn
- Why financial models are useful fictions
- The difference between physics and finance
- How to use models without being fooled
- The importance of judgment over brilliance