内容简介
Optionshavebeentradedforhundredsofyears,butinvestmentdecisionswerebasedongutfeelingsuntiltheNobelPrizewinningdiscoveryoftheBlackScholesoptionspricingmodelin1973usheredintheeraofthe"quants."WallStreetwouldneverbethesame.InPricingtheFuture,financialeconomistGeorgeG.Szpirotellsthefascinatingstoriesofthepioneersofmathematicalfinancewhoconductedthesearchfortheelusiveoptionspricingformula.Fromthebroker'sassistantwhopublishedthefirstmathematicalexplanationoffinancialmarketstoAlbertEinsteinandotherscientistswholookedforawaytoexplainthemovementofatomsandmolecules,PricingtheFutureretracesthehistoricalandintellectualdevelopmentsthatultimatelyledtothewidespreaduseofmathematicalmodelstodriveinvestmentstrategiesonWallStreet.
作者简介
GeorgeG.Szpiroisamathematician,financialeconomist,andjournalist.HeistheIsraelcorrespondentoftheSwissdailyNeueZürcherZeitungandhaspublishedinScience,Nature,andtheJerusalemReport.HeistheauthorofKepler’sConjecture,TheSecretLifeofNumbers,Poincaré’sPrize,andNumbersRule.HelivesinSwitzerland.