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| 1. | Tremendous book! |
| (Falls Church, VA USA) December 27, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| A wonderful, multifaceted book on many levels.
Read this
book:
If you are interested in physics, what physics is all
about, and what it takes to become a physicist;
If you are
interested in mathematical finance, and what... read full review |
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| 2. | Top 10 Business Week BOTY |
| (Chicago, IL United States) December 27, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| An interesting side of Wall Street can be seen in Emanuel Derman's My Life
As a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance (Wiley). "A victim of
academic-world underemployment, Mr. Derman was bailed out of the halls of... read full review |
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| 3. | Fascinating look at physics as well as finance |
| (Connecticut USA) January 3, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Derman has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, from Columbia University (1973).
He worked in that field for the next seven years, from one post-doctoral
fellowship to another. I'm no judge, but it appears that his work... read full review |
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| 4. | Physics to Finance |
| (NYC, United States) January 4, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Excellent book on survival, as a Ph.D. in Physics, in the 80s and 90s.
Most Physics PhD cannot find any jobs. Yet, Derman did well in moving to
finance at Goldman Sachs. This book is a page turner that you cannot put... read full review |
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| 5. | A Candid and Fascinating Account |
| (New York, New York USA) June 30, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| If you want to get an idea of what Physics PhDs might actually do at an
investment bank, life as a physics graduate student, the intinerant life
and pressures of the post-doc, this book is fascinating and informative... read full review |
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| 6. | A great insight to the a Quant's daily life |
| (UT, USA) January 12, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| A nicely written book. But I am hesitant to call it an autobiography for it
leaves a lot of private stuff. He wrote his income as a postdoc and a prof
at Colorado but intentionally avoided at the Street. He mentioned most... read full review |
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| 7. | A must read for quants and their managers |
| (New York, NY) December 22, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| After reading Emanuel Derman's memoir, "My Life as a Quant", I realized
just how precise the selection of each word in the title phrase is. Yes,
Derman is indeed one of the foremost experts in the field that is known
today... read full review |
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| 8. | Interesting on three levels |
| (Chatsworth, CA United States) December 19, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| If you are only looking for a trading book, save your money as you won't
find it here. What you will find is a very interesting personal story of
how one person found his way through life.
The first take
away is seeing... read full review |
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| 9. | Goodbye Tom Wolfe, Hello Emanuel Derman |
| (Chatsworth, CA United States) September 28, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Quants are becoming the new "masters of the universe." Reducing money
making from art to science, Derman personifies this new breed. A natural
storyteller, he writes with the eye of a novelist, the insight of a
physicist,... read full review |
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| 10. | The Human Side of Quantitative Finance -- Great Read! |
| (San Francisco, CA United States) September 27, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| The book commences with a history of physics that is reminiscent of
"The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. From Newton to Maxwell to Einstein
and beyond, Derman discovers the great theories of yesterday and finds
himself... read full review |
