NerdWallet Book Club: James Owen Weatherall, ‘The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable’
NerdWallet Book Club: James Owen Weatherall, ‘The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable’
- October 31, 2013
- James Weatherall, logic & philosophy of science assistant professor, is featured by nerd wallet October 31, 2013
From nerd wallet:
Critics often blame defective financial models for the financial crisis that started
in 2008. As a result, the public has vilified the models’ creators. In The Physics
of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable, University of California,
Irvine Professor James Owen Weatherall explores how physicists have forever changed
finance. NerdWallet spoke with Weatherall about The Physics of Wall Street, his thoughts
on policy-making and the future of financial modeling.
For the full story, please visit http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/2013/nerdwallet-book-club-physi....
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