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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Against the Gods The Remarkable Story of Risk
Author: Peter L. Bernstein
Against the Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. This is a richly-woven tale of Greek philosophers and Arab mathematicians, of merchants and scientists, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780471295631
ISBN-10: 0471295639
Publication Date: 8/31/1998
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Wiley
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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I read a few chapters - it's curious (and disconcerting) to read about consequential people(mostly mathematicians) that you have never heard of before.


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