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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

Subject(s):

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

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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