Number 174 (Story #4), April 15, 1994 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein WALL STREET IS BULLISH ON PHYSICS . As jobs recede at universities, industry, and government labs, young physicists have sought out nontraditional careers in farflung areas, including now the world of high finance. Apparently, the mathematical and computer skills learned studying the movement of superstrings in a 10-dimensional lattice come in handy when tracking the movement of stocks and bonds on the Big Board. For example, numerous recent physics PhD's out of Harvard and Stanford, as well as refugees from SSC, have sought shelter, and profit, at financial institutions, where the starting salaries can be as high as $100,000. (Science, 1 April 1994.)