00925nam a2200241 i 4500991002505869707536140424s2013 it a b 001 0 ita d9788806215439b14185465-39ule_instBibl. Interfacoltà T. Pellegrinoita709.045Del Puppo, Alessandro459092L'arte contemporanea :il secondo Novecento /Alessandro Del PuppoTorino :Einaudi,c2013XII, 255 p. :ill. ;21 cm.Piccola biblioteca Einaudi. Mappe ;7.Piccola storia dell'arteArteStoriaSec. 20..b1418546505-05-1405-05-14991002505869707536LE002 709.045 DEL12002000999627le002pE34.00-l- 03130.i1560945505-05-14Arte contemporanea258605UNISALENTOle00205-05-14ca itait 2002670nam 2200661 a 450 991096481900332120240514074320.0978111994469011199446949781299314528129931452X97811199446831119944686(CKB)2550000000062395(EBL)822545(OCoLC)769188932(SSID)ssj0000942922(PQKBManifestationID)11580561(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000942922(PQKBWorkID)10974698(PQKB)10493886(MiAaPQ)EBC822545(Au-PeEL)EBL822545(CaPaEBR)ebr10509856(CaONFJC)MIL462702(Perlego)1013985(EXLCZ)99255000000006239520111206d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrModels behaving badly why confusing illusion with reality can lead to disaster, on Wall Street and in life /Emanuel Derman1st ed.Chichester, U.K. Wiley20111 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781119967163 1119967163 Includes bibliographical references and index.A foolish consistency -- Metaphors, models and theories -- The absolute -- The sublime -- The inadequate -- Breaking the cycle.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 aMathematical modelsSocial aspectsTheory (Philosophy)Social aspectsMetaphorSocial aspectsMathematical modelsSocial aspects.Theory (Philosophy)Social aspects.MetaphorSocial aspects.003Derman Emanuel1646816MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964819003321Models behaving badly4367708UNINA