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The physics of Wall Street: a brief history of predicting the unpredictable
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
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xviii, 286 pages ; 25 cm
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332.632 W362 2013
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A Harvard scholar argues that mathematical models can provide solutions to current economic challenges, explaining that the economic meltdown of 2008 was based on a misunderstanding of scientific models rather than on the models themselves.

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9780547317274, 0547317271

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-268) and index.
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A Harvard scholar argues that mathematical models can provide solutions to current economic challenges, explaining that the economic meltdown of 2008 was based on a misunderstanding of scientific models rather than on the models themselves.
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Weatherall, J. O. (2013). The physics of Wall Street: a brief history of predicting the unpredictable. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Weatherall, James Owen. 2013. The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Weatherall, James Owen, The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

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Weatherall, James Owen. The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

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