01722nam a2200265 a 4500 vtls000047091 KUKTEM 20251117150147.0 100709t1998 nyua f b 001 0 eng|d 9780471295631 0471295639 201107132333 VLOAD 201007091059 jamie 201007091049 jamie 201007091047 jamie UMP HD61 .B47 1998 Bernstein, Peter L. Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1998 xi, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index 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 Risk management Decision making 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 2 HD61 .B47 1998 0000047366 2022-07-13 00:00:00 2022-05-18 1 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 52683 52689 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5040*5050*6500*6501*9991 2