Against the gods the remarkable story of risk

A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller""Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism."" -The New York Time...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bernstein, Peter L., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2012.
1996.
Edición:1st edition
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Sumario:A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller""Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism."" -The New York Times""An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book."" -The Wall Street Journal""A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it."" -Business Week""Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read."" -The Economist""[A] chall
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (615 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780471013938
9780471782674