Against The Gods The Remarkable Story Of Risk
The remarkable story of risk peter l.
Against the gods the remarkable story of risk. This book is about how our perception of risk especially with respect to decisions with financial outcomes advanced rather slowly from ancient times to the present. 9780471121046 hardcover january 1 1672 42 out of 5 stars 5 ratings see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The remarkable story of risk paperback jan 01 2012 peter l. The remarkable story of risk was published by john wiley sons in september 1996 and won the edwin g.
Bernstein 1996 edition isbn. The remarkable story of risk paperback jan 01 2012 peter l. Against the gods. He is well known for his efficient market hypothesis as well.
Bernstein john wiley and sons new york 1996 isbn 0 471 12104 5 xi 383 pp. The remarkable story of risk hardcover by peter l. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Peter bernsteins against the gods.
Peter lewyn bernstein is not only a very good author but he is a very good economist educator as well as a very good financial historian as well. An extremely readable history of risk. Against the gods is a classic a 1996 tour de force by the late peter bernstein. Peter bernstein has written a comprehensive history of mans efforts to understand risk and probability beginning with early gamblers in ancient greece continuing through the 17th century french mathematicians pascal and fermat and up to modern chaos theory.
The remarkable story of risk traces not only their relationship but the complete history of mans understanding of probability and risk and the lives of the many thinkers who explored it. The writer of against the gods. Against the gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. The remarkable story of risk is an american author.
The word risk derives from the early italian risicare which means to dare. In this sense risk is a choice rather than a fate. Hardcover 2795 the thesis of this interesting and provocative book is that modern civilization is largely distin guished by its successful efforts first to understand and then to control risk. Booz prize for the most insightful innovative management book published in 1996.