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Discovery: Discovery: The Science Behind Finance

22/10/2008

The Science Behind Finance

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Sue Nelson chairs a discussion about the role of maths and physics in the financial crisis

Sue Nelson chairs a discussion about the role of maths and physics in the financial crisis.

Discovery looks at the maths and physics behind the world’s banking. 

Over the last few decades the financial industry has attracted many of the brightest young scientists and mathematicians away from academia and into the offices of the investment banks and hedge funds. 

Many become “Quants” – or quantitative analysts – whose job it is to build the mathematical models and software that the traders use to guide them through the markets, minimizing risk and getting a fair price. 

Sue Nelson and guests Dr Paul Wilmott, Professor Gene Stanley and Professor William Perraudin discuss whether the science behind the trading was up to the job.

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