Scott Patterson: The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
Скачать книгу (размер 1 712 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 337) Аннотация: Over the last twenty years, a species of math whizzes known as quants has usurped the testosterone-fueled, kill-or-be-killed risk-takers whove long been the alpha males of the worlds largest casino. The quants believe that a dizzying, indecipherable-to-mere-mortals cocktail of differential calculus, quantum physics, and advanced geometry holds the key to reaping riches from the financial markets.…