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050			_aHD 61 .B47 1998
100			_aBernstein, Peter L. _eauthor
245		0	_aAgainst the Gods : _bthe remarkable story of risk / _cPeter L. Bernstein
260			_aNew York : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., _cc1998
300			_axi, 383 pages ; _c23 cm.
365			_bPHP 240.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indices.
505			_aAcknowledgements -- 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.
520			_a"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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650			_aDECISION-MAKING
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