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Discovery looks at the maths and physics behind the world鈥檚 banking.

Over the last few decades the financial industry has attracted many of the brightest young scientists and mathematicians away from academia and into the offices of the investment banks and hedge funds.

Many become 鈥淨uants鈥� 鈥� or quantitative analysts 鈥� whose job it is to build the mathematical models and software that the traders use to guide them through the markets, minimizing risk and getting a fair price.

Sue Nelson and guests Dr Paul Wilmott, Professor Gene Stanley and Professor William Perraudin discuss whether the science behind the trading was up to the job.