“In life there isn’t always such an easy resolution. One has to treat people as responsible for their actions, and yet also recognize that they can’t help what they do. It’s always easier to regard others from the outside. But… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“I don’t judge him now. Like most of us, he wasn’t what he thought he was. But thankfully, for most of us, comprehension of… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“In life there isn’t always such an easy resolution. One has to treat people as responsible for their actions, and yet also recognize that… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“At Columbia and far beyond, T.D. was renowned and celebrated. At the weekly research seminars I attended ... every speaker felt compelled to focus… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“Even in the mid-1990s geeks were fair game. One afternoon a colleague and I were standing on either side of one of the narrow… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be Feinberg's student, but I didn't know how to go about it. Since it was premature for formal arrangements and since… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image
“I once heard [Gerald] Feinberg suggest that many of Manhattan's 1970s social problems could be solved by forbidding anyone who earned less than, say,… — Emanuel Derman Copy Share Image