Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein.
1996
HD61 .B466 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein.
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ISBN
0471121045 (alk. paper)
9780471121046 (alk. paper)
0471295639 (pbk.)
9780471295631 (pbk.)
9780471121046 (alk. paper)
0471295639 (pbk.)
9780471295631 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : John Wiley & Sons, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
xi, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Item Number
9780471295631
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HD61 .B466 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
368
Summary
"Against the Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. This is a richly-woven tale of Greek philosophers and Arab mathematicians, of merchants and scientists, gamblers and philosophers, world-renowned intellects and obscure but inspired amateurs who helped discover the modern methods of putting the future at the service of the present, replacing helplessness before the fates with choice and decision."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
To 1200: beginnings
The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice
As easy as 1,2,3
1200-1700: a thousand outstanding facts
The Renaissance gambler
The French connection
The remarkable notions of the remarkable notions man
1700-1900: measurement unlimited
Considering the nature of man
The search for moral certainty
The supreme law of unreason
The man with the sprained brain
Peapods and perils
The fabric of felicity
1900-1960: clouds of vagueness and the demand for precision
The measure of our ignorance
The radically distinct notion
The man who counted everything except calories
The strange case of the anonymous stockbroker
Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty
The failure of invariance
The theory police
The fantastic system of side bets
Awaiting the wildness.
The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice
As easy as 1,2,3
1200-1700: a thousand outstanding facts
The Renaissance gambler
The French connection
The remarkable notions of the remarkable notions man
1700-1900: measurement unlimited
Considering the nature of man
The search for moral certainty
The supreme law of unreason
The man with the sprained brain
Peapods and perils
The fabric of felicity
1900-1960: clouds of vagueness and the demand for precision
The measure of our ignorance
The radically distinct notion
The man who counted everything except calories
The strange case of the anonymous stockbroker
Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty
The failure of invariance
The theory police
The fantastic system of side bets
Awaiting the wildness.