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Against the Gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein

By:

Bernstein, Peter L [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1998Description: xi, 383 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

471295639

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LOC classification:

HD 61 .B47 1998

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.".

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC HD 61 .B47 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001810

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Includes bibliographical references and indices.

"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.".

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