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 |
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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; To 1200: Beginnings; Chapter 1: The Winds of the Greeks and the Role of the Dice; Chapter 2: As Easy as I, II, III; 1200-1700: A Thousand Outstanding Facts; Chapter 3: The Renaissance Gambler; Chapter 4: The French Connection; Chapter 5: The Remarkable Notions of the Remarkable Notions Man; 1700-1900: Measurement Unlimited; Chapter 6: Considering the Nature of Man; Chapter 7: The Search for Moral Certainty; Chapter 8: The Supreme Law of Unreason; Chapter 9: The Man with the Sprained Brain
- Chapter 10: Peapods and PerilsChapter 11: The Fabric of Felicity; 1900-1960: Clouds of Vagueness and The Demand for Precision; Chapter 12: The Measure of Our Ignorance; Chapter 13: The Radically Distinct Notion; Chapter 14: The Man Who Counted Everything Except Calories; Chapter 15: The Strange Case of the Anonymous Stockbroker; Degrees of Belief: Exploring Uncertainty; Chapter 16: The Failure of Invariance; Chapter 17: The Theory Police; Chapter 18: The Fantastic System of Side Bets; Chapter 19: Awaiting the Wildness; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
