Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein.
Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein.
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Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1996.
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N368/52
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
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, gam...
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Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-364) and indexes.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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N368/52
Record Identifier
74VvwR5wEjE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwR5wEjE3
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ISBN
0471295639 (pbk. : 1998)
9780471121046 (alk. paper)
0471121045 (alk. paper)
9780471295631
0471295639
9780471121046
0471121045
9780471295631 (pbk. : 1998)
DDC
368
MMS ID
991004281669702626
