Hoffmann's

Hoffmann's latest algorithms isolate and analyze one specific human reaction as a predictor of market movement: "Fear is historically the strongest emotion in economics," the scientist tells his investors.

Occupy Elm Street Tom Nolan 2012

As Hoffmann's terror mounts, the trained observer notes his own symptoms: His breath was becoming short, his heartbeat accelerating so rapidly it was uncomfortable.

Occupy Elm Street Tom Nolan 2012

But the principal narrative, of Hoffmann's ordeal, unfolds at a breakneck pace.

Occupy Elm Street Tom Nolan 2012

"The Fear Index" is full of engaging flashback set pieces: how Hoffmann met Quarry, how their company was formed and took off, how Hoffmann's wife mastered an innovative art form.

Occupy Elm Street Tom Nolan 2012

Perhaps Hoffmann's vision of a fully aestheticized domain was doomed from the start.

An Enchanted House Becomes a Family's Curse Michael Z. Wise 2012

In his celebrated 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the naturalistically modeled face, hands and bust are encrusted in a mosaic-like matrix of gold, colored paints and other media, resembling Hoffmann's dazzling jewelry of mixed gemstones and precious metals.

Modernism's Austrian Rebels Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

She is hilariously choreographed in the role of Olympia, Hoffmann's beloved singing doll, and tosses off her highly ornamented passages effortlessly, elegantly and beautifully—and she looks as good as she sounds, which also makes her ideally cast in the roles of the singers, Stella and Antonia.

In 'Tales of Hoffmann,' All's Fair in Love Paul Levy 2012

What sets Michelin-starred Margaux apart, aside from its location just a few steps from the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate, are the herbs, fruits, vegetables and other ecologically friendly ingredients on chef Michael Hoffmann's menu.

Let's Eat! Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

What sets Michelin-starred Margaux apart, aside from its location just a few steps from the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate, are the herbs, fruits, vegetables and other ecologically friendly ingredients on chef Michael Hoffmann's menu.

Let's Eat! Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

An intruder breaks into Hoffmann's isolated mansion late one evening and batters him senseless before being chased away.

Occupy Elm Street Tom Nolan 2012