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| 1. | Amazon.com |
| With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime
market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study
of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written... read full editorial |
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| 2. | From Publishers Weekly |
| Risk management, which assumes that future risks can be understood,
measured and to some extent predicted, is the focus of this solid,
thoroughgoing history. Probability theory, pioneered by 17th-century
French... read full editorial |
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| 3. | From Library Journal |
| For several centuries, mathematics has been the language of the exact
sciences. Only in the 20th century has mathematics become predominant in
other fields, particularly economics and finance. In this book,... read full editorial |
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| 4. | The Wall Street Journal |
| In his delightful history of risk, Peter Bernstein traces how humanity has
put itself less and less at the mercy of the laws of chance.--This
text refers to the
Hardcover edition. |
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| 5. | The Washington Post Book World, September 20, 1998 |
| AGAINST THE GODS appeared in the "Washington Is Also Reading..." section of
The Washington Post Book World. The book is described as, "A comprehensive
history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, from ancient
gamblers in Greece to modern chaos theory." |
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| 6. | From AudioFile |
| Jesse Boggs honed his expressive, laid-back vocal style narrating his own
award-winning documentaries. Here, as reader and abridger, he goes a long
way to clarify Bernstein's convoluted theory of risk management. His
careful... read full editorial |
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| 7. | From Booklist |
| Bernstein's lively history chronicles a profound transformation in
attitudes about the future. How one's fate changed from depending less on
capricious outcomes and more on predictable ones forms the backbone... read full editorial |
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| 8. | Review |
| AGAINST THE GODS appeared in the "Washington Is Also Reading..." section of
The Washington Post Book World. The book is described as, "A comprehensive
history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, from... read full editorial |
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| 9. | Review |
| "I must say that I enjoyed the book, it was written in a light-hearted
manner".(Money Matters, April 2001) No. 7 bestseller in
'Risk'(erivativesreview.com, December 2001) |
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| 10. | Book Info |
| Tells the story of a group of thinkers whose remarkable vision revealed how
to put the future at the service of the present. By showing the world how
to understand risk, measure it, & weigh its consequences, they... read full editorial |
