Derman rests much of his current world view on the writings of philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Baruch Spinoza.

FORBES: A Review of Emanuel Derman's New Book: Models.Behaving.Badly.

His has been a triumph of ambition over intractable matter, a fulfilment of Mahler's faith in Arthur Schopenhauer's idea that the human will can overcome any force on earth.

ECONOMIST: Gilbert Kaplan