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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein

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Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
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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 phrasing also brings into high relief the sweeping generalizations and questionable axioms that give pause to the analytic listener.

Only in this careful frame of mind can one separate wheat from chaff and learn whatever this book has to teach.

Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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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

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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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein


	Fantastic
	(San Francisco, CA United States) October 29, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars
	An excellent book. A victory for rational thought. Extremely comprehensive and highly entertaining. This book is the vaccine against "irrational exhuberance". I loved it!

	What Is Life About: A Book That Adds Insight.
	(Las Vegas, NV USA) July 14, 2001 - 3.0/5 stars
	Centuries ago it was considered evil to predict the future. Even games of chance were played with little understanding of the odds. Today predicting the future, while no longer the forbidden fruit, is done with... read full review

	History Buffs: Here you go!
	(Kansas City, Kansas) April 14, 2004 - 3.0/5 stars
	Against the Gods draws you through a vast time span. Peter Bernstein begins with the conception of the Arabic numbeting system, up through present time super speed computers. Although, the history found in this book... read full review

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