Physicists on Wall Street and other essays on science and society /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Economists. Options ; Black-scholes ; The rise and fall of the quants
- Scientists. Heisenberg in Poland ; The Orion ; Tales from South Africa ; A nuclear supermarket ; Ottavio Balkit : the life and times of Sir henry Wotton
- Linguists. The Spencers of Althorp and Sir William Jones : a love story ; All the glitters ; In a word, "lions"
- Fiction and stranger than fiction. The pianist, fiction and non-fiction ; Rocket science ; The science of Michel Thomas ; Topology ; What the #$*!?
- Author's note about "beating the system".