Professor
Department of Physics
National University of Singapore
Faculty of Science
Blk S13, 03-03
2 Science Drive 3
Singapore 117542

Tel: (65) 6516-2963
Fax: (65) 6777-6126
Email: phybeb@nus.edu.sg

• Research Associate, Stanford University, 1976-78
• Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1991
• Physics Department, Harvard University 1998
• Physics Department, National University of Singapore, 1984-2000
• University Scholars Programme, Vice-Dean, 1998-2002
• Physics Department, National University of Singapore, 2002 to present

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• BS, Physics (1972), California Institute of Technology.
• PhD, Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, 1976.

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• Exploring Integrated Science
  By Belal E. Baaquie and Frederick H. Willeboordse
  CRC Press
  (2009 pp: 594, ISBN: 9781420087932 (hc).)
  You may purchase this new book at the Taylor and Francis website.
  
  
  
  
  Written in a non-technical, entertaining style to engage those without a science background while maintaining the academic rigor required by more advanced readers, the book follows a unique format that enhances the learning process. Each chapter begins with a pertinent question that forms the basis for explaining a scientific principle. Step by step, the text then delves into the more sophisticated scientific matter necessary for providing insight into the question presented, elucidating key principles and concepts. Each chapter contains a summary highlighting the salient points, answers the question definitively, and concludes with a series of exercises to test readers' assimilation of the material.
  
  

• Interest Rates and Coupon Bonds in Quantum Finance
  By Belal E. Baaquie
  Cambridge University Press
  (2009 pp: 508, ISBN-13: 9780521889285 (hc).)
  You may purchase this new book at the CUP's website.
  
  
  
  The economic crisis of 2008 has shown that the capital markets need new theoretical and mathematical concepts to describe and price financial instruments. Focusing on interest rates and coupon bonds, this book does not employ stochastic calculus - the bedrock of the present day mathematical finance - for any of the derivations. Instead, it analyzes interest rates and coupon bonds using quantum finance.

• Quantum Finance: Path Integrals and Hamiltonians for Options and Interest Rates
  By Belal E. Baaquie
  Cambridge University Press
  (2004 pp: 314, ISNB 0521840457 (hc).)
  
  
  
  In this book the author shows how to approach problems related to financial markets with mathematical techniques that are traditionally used in quantum field theory. This book is a research tool that can be used by physicists and mathematicians interested in financial sectors.
  
  Click Review 1, Review 2 and Review 3, and citation for more details.
  
  

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• Taught a whole range of undergraduate and graduate courses in Physics and Mathematics. Thesis advisor for MSc and PhD degrees. Written many articles on general topics such as finance, education, history, economics and philosophy. Developed many modules for teaching science to a broad based non-specialist audience.
• GEM Module 2507M: Some Physical Questions from Everyday Life (http://questions.science.nus.edu.sg/)
• http://questions.science.nus.edu.sg/Resources/Zbook3.pdf
• http://questions.science.nus.edu.sg/Book/index.html
• Law of Physics: A Primer
• Superstrings

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• Quantum field theory
• Financial modeling based on techniques of quantum theory
  
  

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