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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York, New York :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
2012.
1996. |
Edición: | 1st edition |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628578906719 |
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 |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780471013938 9780471782674 |