01441nam a2200205 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020001800079020001500097040000800112100002400120245007500144260004200219300003300261504005000294505085100344650002001195650002001215vtls000047091KUKTEM20251117150147.0100709t1998    nyua   f b    001 0 eng|d  a9780471295631  a0471295639  aUMP1 aBernstein, Peter L.10aAgainst the gods :bthe remarkable story of risk /cPeter L. Bernstein  aNew York :bJohn Wiley & Sons,cc1998  axi, 383 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aTo 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 0aRisk management 0aDecision making