Wasserstein — is a surname and can refer to:* Bernard Wasserstein * Bruce Wasserstein, an investment banker, CEO of Lazard * Wendy Wasserstein, American Playwright * Wasserstein Perella Co., an investment bank built by Bruce Wasserstein and Joseph R. Perella * … Wikipedia
Wasserstein — Wasserstein, 1) so v. w. Filtrirstein; 2) so v. w. Gußstein; 3) so v. w. Pfannenstein; 4) ein Wetzstein od. Schleifstein, welcher beim Gebrauch mit Wasser angefeuchtet wird, während die Ölsteine mit Öl genetzt werden; 5) s.u. Schiefer 2) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Wasserstein [1] — Wasserstein, soviel wie Enhydros, s. Chalcedon … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Wasserstein [2] — Wasserstein, s. Schleifen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Wasserstein — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Bruce Wasserstein (1947 ) est un financier américain, fondateur de la banque d affaire Wasserstein Perella. Wendy Wasserstein, (1950 2006), était une… … Wikipédia en Français
Wasserstein — Wạs|ser|stein 〈m. 1; unz.〉 = Kesselstein * * * Wạs|ser|stein, der <o. Pl.>: Kesselstein. * * * Wasserstein, umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für Kesselstein. * * * Wạs|ser|stein, der <o. Pl.>: Kesselstein … Universal-Lexikon
WASSERSTEIN, BRUCE — (1948– ), U.S. entrepreneur. Wasserstein, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduated from the University of Michigan and then earned two degrees from Harvard, one from the business school and one from the law school. In addition he was a Knox… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Wasserstein Perella & Co. — Wasserstein Perella Co. (sometimes referred to as Wasserella ) was an investment bank established by Bruce Wasserstein and Joseph R. Perella in 1988, former bankers at First Boston Corp., until its eventual sale to Dresdner Bank in 2000 for some… … Wikipedia
WASSERSTEIN, WENDY — (1950–2006), prize winning U.S. playwright and the first woman to receive the Tony Award for Best Play. Wasserstein, the youngest of four children of Lola (Schleifer) and Morris Wasserstein, a prosperous textile manufacturer, was born in Brooklyn … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Wasserstein metric — In mathematics, the Wasserstein (or Vasershtein) metric is a distance function defined between probability distributions on a given metric space M. Intuitively, if each distribution is viewed as a unit amount of dirt piled on M, the metric is the … Wikipedia
