Dear all:
My apologies. I made a slight error in the suggested (but not required:
and anyway easy and entertaining) reading for Weatherallâs talk on
Tuesday 15 November at 16.00 on Black-Scoles (cf. below).
The correct reading is: Chapter 5 of his The Physics of Wall Street. This
Chapter is called: Physics Hits the Street.
What I previously suggested on email was Chapter 4, Beating the Dealer.
Rest assured, That is also an easy and entertaining read, and of course a
natural preamble to Chapter 5.... :-)
Best, Jeremy B
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Jeremy Butterfield:
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2016, Dr J.N. Butterfield wrote:
Dear all:
Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine), author of the best selling Physics of Wall
Street, and renowned philosopher of physics to boot!, will visit Cambridge
for 6 days from 11 November.
The main deal is his Saturday 12 November Masterclass in philosophy of
physics; for details of which go to:
https://cambridgemasterclass.wordpress.com
BUT, for those of you interested in philosophy / foundations of economics!,
he will talk:
1) next Tuesday 15 Nov at 4.00 in the Board Room (first floor, left)
history and philosophy of science department: on the Black-Scholes model;
Suggested (but not required!) reading beforehand is from his popular book,
The Physics of Wall Street: viz. Chapter 4, Beating the Dealer.
2) in the CamPoS talk series, Wednesday 16 Nov at 13.00, seminar room 2
history and philosophy of science dept:
What makes econphysics distinctive.
the series details are at
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/campos
Best, Jeremy B
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Jeremy Butterfield:
Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ: Tel: 07557-668413 (mobile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Butterfield
Visit the journal, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13552198
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