Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance by Perry Mehrling

Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance by Perry Mehrling

Besides revolutionizing finance by providing the methodology to price a new instrument-through the Black-Scholes option pricing model-Fischer Black revolutionized Wall Street by effectively developing what is now known as quantitative finance.

"..excellent..." (getAbstract.com, 7th November 2005) "a rigorous but rewarding biography" (CFO Europe, October 2005) "highly readable" (Benefits & Compensation International, October 2005) "...well-researched...recommended..." (Accounting Technician, September 2005) "The story of Fischer Black...is remarkable both because of the creativity of the man and because of the revolution he brought to wall Street... Mehrling's book is fascinating..." (Financial Times, 12th September 2005) "...recommended as readable to those with the intellectual curiosity to pursue financial theory..." (The Independent, 30 July 2005) "... a vignette-based business biography that captures the essence of this extraordinary man...engaging and entertaining..." (Credit Control Journal, July 2005) "...serves as the best currently available general history of the revolution in finance." (Publishers Weekly, June 6, 2005) "A fascinating history of things we take for granted in our everyday financial lives." (The New York Times) "[Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance] does an exceptional job of capturing Black's spirit and gives an insightful inside account of the academic financial revolution." (Global Association of Risk Professionals magazine) "Mehrling skillfully interweaves the stories of Black's career, his sometimes-difficult personal life, and his contributions to finance and to economics ... In telling the story of Black's life, Mehrling casts light on a crucial, underappreciated aspect of the making of our current world." (Science magazine) "...Wit and insight" ( Financial Management, December 2006)

PERRY MEHRLING is Professor of Economics at Barnard College of Columbia University. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is the author of The Money Interest and the Public Interest: American Monetary Thought, 1920 1970. Dr. Mehrling's specialty is the study of financial theory and the history of economics.

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ISBN 13	9780471457329
ISBN 10	0471457329
Title	Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
Author	Perry Mehrling
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2005-06-30
Number of pages	374
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