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String Theory

Last updated: February 01, 2023

    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets, recommended by James Owen Weatherall

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    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence by Benoit B. Mandelbrot

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    The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
    by Benoit B. Mandelbrot

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    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Foundations of Economic Analysis by Paul A. Samuelson

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    Foundations of Economic Analysis
    by Paul A. Samuelson

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    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems by Didier Sornette

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    Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
    by Didier Sornette

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    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System by Edward O. Thorp and Sheen T. Kassouf

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    Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System
    by Edward O. Thorp and Sheen T. Kassouf

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    The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin

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    The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
    by Lee Smolin

  • Blaming "the quants" for the 2008 financial crisis is simplistic and short-sighted, says the author of The Physics of Wall Street. He picks five books showing the contribution physics has made to understanding financial markets.

  • The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence by Benoit B. Mandelbrot
  • The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Foundations of Economic Analysis by Paul A. Samuelson
  • The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems by Didier Sornette
  • The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System by Edward O. Thorp and Sheen T. Kassouf
  • The best books on Physics and Financial Markets - The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin

The best books on Physics and Financial Markets, recommended by James Owen Weatherall

Blaming “the quants” for the 2008 financial crisis is simplistic and short-sighted, says the author of The Physics of Wall Street. He picks five books showing the contribution physics has made to understanding financial markets.

The best books on Physics and Financial Markets, recommended by James Owen Weatherall

    The best books on String Theory, recommended by Steven Gubser

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    The best books on String Theory - Superstring Theory (Vols 1 and 2) by E Witten, J Schwarz & M Green

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    Superstring Theory (Vols 1 and 2)
    by E Witten, J Schwarz & M Green

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    The best books on String Theory - String Theory (Vols 1 and 2) by Joseph Polchinski

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    String Theory (Vols 1 and 2)
    by Joseph Polchinski

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    The best books on String Theory - The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

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    The Elegant Universe
    by Brian Greene

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    The best books on String Theory - A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach

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    A First Course in String Theory
    by Barton Zwiebach

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    The best books on String Theory - Lectures on String Theory by D Lust and S Theisen

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    Lectures on String Theory
    by D Lust and S Theisen

  • What is string theory, and why should we bother finding out? Princeton physics professor Steven Gubser, author of The Little Book of String Theory, explains.

  • The best books on String Theory - Superstring Theory (Vols 1 and 2) by E Witten, J Schwarz & M Green
  • The best books on String Theory - String Theory (Vols 1 and 2) by Joseph Polchinski
  • The best books on String Theory - The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
  • The best books on String Theory - A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach
  • The best books on String Theory - Lectures on String Theory by D Lust and S Theisen

The best books on String Theory, recommended by Steven Gubser

What is string theory, and why should we bother finding out? Princeton physics professor Steven Gubser, author of The Little Book of String Theory, explains.

The best books on String Theory, recommended by Steven Gubser

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