"In a thirsty world filled with hydrogen and oxygen," Mr Derman has written, "someone had finally worked out how to synthesise H2O."
德尔曼写道：“在一个充满了氢与氧的干渴世界，终于有人发现了合成水分子(H2O)的方法。”
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For while investment bank salesmen might have treated his creations as near infallible, in truth Derman - like many brilliant scientists-turned-quants - has always recognised their flaws.