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Against the gods the remarkable story of risk

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Main Author: Bernstein, Peter L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY John Wiley & Sons 1998
Subjects:
Decision Making / Aat
Decision Making / History
Risk Management / Fast
Risk Management / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114200
Gestion Du Risque
Risk Management / Aat
Prise De Décision
Risk Management
Decision Making / Fast
Decision Making
Risk Management / History
Prise De Décision / Histoire
Gestion Du Risque / Histoire
Decision Making / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036199
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes
  • 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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