the remarkable story of risk Bernstein, Peter L. creator text bibliography nyu New York John Wiley & Sons c1998 1998 monographic eng

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xi, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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 specialized Peter L. Bernstein Includes bibliographical references and index Risk management Decision making 9780471295631 0471295639 UMP 100709 20251117150147.0 vtls000047091