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Emanuel Derman: My Life as a Quant (2004, Wiley) 3 stars

In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of …

Review of 'My Life as a Quant' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very good book, incredibly interesting to hear the perspective about Wall Street from a Physics PhD. The book is lively and fun, while also explaining some of the more quantitative details of the job. We'll see if I change my mind later, but as of 2014 I'd still bet there's a "singular" model to explain finance. It may be currently out of our reach, but i believe it exists.