John Brockman – This idea is brilliant
A rollercoaster ride through a laundry list of hot topics in science today.
Live by the philosophy of the stoics, but do not take their advice too literally
Brinkmann’s many nuances and exceptions kill his argument and concept.
N.B. Read in Dutch translation
Financial modelling is not the physics of markets
Emanuel Derman – Models.Behaving.Badly.
Derman’s discussion of models in life, physics, and finance is not a juicy as the title suggests, but it offers some good one-liners nontheless.