Bibliograph

The Physics of Wall Street, a brief history of predicting the unpredictable, James Owen Weatherall

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The Physics of Wall Street, a brief history of predicting the unpredictable, James Owen Weatherall

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eng

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General adult

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Main title

The Physics of Wall Street

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sound recording audiobook CD

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James Owen Weatherall

Sub title

a brief history of predicting the unpredictable

Summary

A Harvard scholar argues that mathematical models can provide solutions to current economic challenges, explaining that the economic meltdown of 2008 was based on a misunderstanding of scientific models rather than on the models themselves

Table Of Contents

Primordial seeds -- Swimming upstream -- From coastlines to cotton prices -- Beating the dealer -- Physics hits the street -- The prediction company -- Tyranny of the dragon king -- A new manhattan project

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