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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 1095
Required Reading for Insurance Brokers
(Los Angeles) October 18, 1997 - 5.0/5 stars
Any insurance executive should read and memorialize this novel. The
concepts of risk and risk transfer are becoming more and more important as
financial services consolidate and insurance and other risk tranferrence
mechanisms blur.
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
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![]() | | 25. | Where Was This Book When I Took Statistics 101? | | (Tottori, Japan) December 23, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | This book does much to highlight, underscore and re-affirm the important
and pivotal role of critical thinking in the measurement, analysis and
interpretation of risk. Mr. Bernstein has put together a very readable
text... read full review |
![]() | | Current Review | | 26. | Required Reading for Insurance Brokers | | (Los Angeles) October 18, 1997 - 5.0/5 stars | | Any insurance executive should read and memorialize this novel. The
concepts of risk and risk transfer are becoming more and more important as
financial services consolidate and insurance and other risk tranferrence
mechanisms blur. |
![]() | | 27. | I'm a trading professional -- and this book is tops | | (NY, NY United States) May 31, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars | | Dear Reader:I've probably read 100 investment books ranging from
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator to the Wizards trilogy. Much has been
written about "Against the Gods" so I won't repeat all the
accolades but this classic must be on your book shelf. |
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
![]() | | | 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 |
![]() | | | 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." |
![]() | | | The publisher, John Wiley & Sons | | To what degree should we rely on our past to determine our future? This
riveting book describes how the rational process of risk taking propelled
the progress of science and enterprise into the modern world of speed,
power,... read full editorial |
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