TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernstein, Peter L.
TI  - Against the gods : : the remarkable story of risk 
SN  - 978-0-471-29563-1
AV  - 368 B45a 1998 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographic references and index; To 1200: beginnings -- The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice -- As easy as 1,2,3 -- 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
ER  -