Against the Gods : the remarkable story of risk /
Bernstein, Peter L.
Against the Gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein - New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1998 - xi, 383 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
Acknowledgements -- introduction -- To 1200: Beginnings -- 1200-1700: A thousand Outstanding Facts -- 1700-1900: Measurement unlimited -- 1900-1960: Clouds of vagueness and the demand for precision -- Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
"With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written a comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, beginning with early gamblers in ancient Greece, continuing through the 17th-century French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat and up to modern chaos theory. Along the way he demonstrates that understanding risk underlies everything from game theory to bridge-building to winemaking.".
471295639
RISK MANAGEMENT
DECISION-MAKING
HD 61 .B47 1998
Against the Gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein - New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1998 - xi, 383 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
Acknowledgements -- introduction -- To 1200: Beginnings -- 1200-1700: A thousand Outstanding Facts -- 1700-1900: Measurement unlimited -- 1900-1960: Clouds of vagueness and the demand for precision -- Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
"With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written a comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, beginning with early gamblers in ancient Greece, continuing through the 17th-century French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat and up to modern chaos theory. Along the way he demonstrates that understanding risk underlies everything from game theory to bridge-building to winemaking.".
471295639
RISK MANAGEMENT
DECISION-MAKING
HD 61 .B47 1998
