Bibliograph

Against the gods, the remarkable story of risk, Peter L. Bernstein

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Label

Against the gods, the remarkable story of risk, Peter L. Bernstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Against the gods

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

843945421

Responsibility statement

Peter L. Bernstein

Series statement

ProQuest Ebook Central

Sub title

the remarkable story of risk

Table Of Contents

To 1200: beginnings -- The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice -- As easy as I, II, III -- 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

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