Emanuel Derman – Writer and Professor Emeritus of Financial Engineering at Columbia University

Writer and Professor Emeritus of Financial Engineering at Columbia University

The GS Quantitative Strategies Papers

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December 11, 2025
J M Coetzee on my new book, Brief Hours and Weeks

“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, the city of Emanuel Derman’s youth and mine, as it was half a century ago.…Continue readingJ M Coetzee on my new book, Brief Hours and Weeks

February 6, 2025
A Short Excerpt From Chapter 9 of “Brief Hours and Weeks”

CHAPTER 9. THE ISLE OF CAPRI … I do like girls, but all I want is for them to like me back, a lot. Dayenu. In Montagu…Continue readingA Short Excerpt From Chapter 9 of “Brief Hours and Weeks”

February 6, 2025

Why Is This Interesting? – The Tetragrammaton Edition

A single name–Bjork or Madonna–is grand. A single name with its own name is even grander.

June 13, 2020

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"call on me janis joplin"

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Call On Me (Official Audio)

"Call On Me" Official Lyric Video by Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company Listen to Janis Joplin: h...

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Exhibition at the Armory.

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Possession is 9/10 of the score

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I just got into an elevator with 2 people I didn't know and in some miraculous feat we were all going to the only floors that are multiples of 9.