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UNINA990005548720403321 |
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Miquel, André <1929- > |
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Le gèographie humaine du monde musulman jusqu'au milieu du 11. siècle : gèographie et gèographie humaine dans la littèrature arabe des origines a 1050 / Andrè Miquel |
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[2e éd.] |
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Civilisations et Sociètès. École pratique des Hautes Études-Sorbonne. Sixième section : Science Économiques et sociales. Centre de Recherches Historiques ; 7 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910964819003321 |
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Autore |
Derman Emanuel |
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Models behaving badly : why confusing illusion with reality can lead to disaster, on Wall Street and in life / / Emanuel Derman |
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Chichester, U.K., : Wiley, 2011 |
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9781119944690 |
1119944694 |
9781299314528 |
129931452X |
9781119944683 |
1119944686 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Mathematical models - Social aspects |
Theory (Philosophy) - Social aspects |
Metaphor - Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A foolish consistency -- Metaphors, models and theories -- The absolute -- The sublime -- The inadequate -- Breaking the cycle. |
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Quants, physicists working on Wall Street as quantitative analysts, have been widely blamed for triggering the recent financial crisis with their complex mathematical models. What made these models, employed to minimize financial risk, so dangerous? In this penetrating, insider's look at the recent economic collapse, Emanuel Derman--former head quant at Goldman Sachs and a former physicist--explains the collision between mathematical modeling and economics that has touched every one of us. Though financial models imitate the style of physics and employ the language of mathematics, there is a |
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