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Authors: Peter L. Bernstein
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF RISK
PETER L. BERNSTEIN
For
Peter Brodsky
TO 1200: BEGINNINGS
1. The Winds of the Greeks and the Role of the Dice
11
1200-1700: A THOUSAND OUTSTANDING FACTS
5. The Remarkable Notions of the Remarkable Notions Man
73
1700-1900: MEASUREMENT UNLIMITED
6. Considering the Nature of Man
99
7. The Search for Moral Certainty
116
8. The Supreme Law of Unreason
135
9. The Man with the Sprained Brain
152
1900-1960: CLOUDS OF VAGUENESS AND THE DEMAND FOR PRECISION
12. The Measure of Our Ignorance
197
13. The Radically Distinct Notion
215
14. The Man Who Counted Everything Except Calories
231
15. The Strange Case of the Anonymous Stockbroker
247
DEGREES OF BELIEF: EXPLORING UNCERTAINTY