Wednesday, September 21, 2011 history of financial engineering philosophy of financial mathematics Who was the first Quant? Scott Patterson, in his book The Quants , describes Ed Thorp as the 'godfather' of Quants. Without doubt, Thorp heralded the moder...
Friday, September 2, 2011 philosophy of financial mathematics using mathematics Maths and the markets Dr Jack Stilgoe, a science policy wonk, has been thinking about Responsible innovation in financial services and asks the question, in re...