Against The Gods The Remarkable Story Of Risk

Bernstein john wiley and sons new york 1996 isbn 0 471 12104 5 xi 383 pp.

Against the gods the remarkable story of risk. He is well known for his efficient market hypothesis as well. The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay. The remarkable story of risk paperback jan 01 2012 peter l. The word risk derives from the early italian risicare which means to dare.

This book is about how our perception of risk especially with respect to decisions with financial outcomes advanced rather slowly from ancient times to the present. Booz prize for the most insightful innovative management book published in 1996. Bernstein 1996 edition isbn. The writer of against the gods.

The remarkable story of risk paperback jan 01 2012 peter l. 9780471121046 hardcover january 1 1672 42 out of 5 stars 5 ratings see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Against the gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today.

Peter bernstein has written a comprehensive history of mans efforts to understand risk and probability beginning with early gamblers in ancient greece continuing through the 17th century french mathematicians pascal and fermat and up to modern chaos theory. The remarkable story of risk peter l. The remarkable story of risk is an american author. The remarkable story of risk was published by john wiley sons in september 1996 and won the edwin g.

The remarkable story of risk. Against the gods. In this sense risk is a choice rather than a fate. Peter lewyn bernstein is not only a very good author but he is a very good economist educator as well as a very good financial historian as well.

Against the gods is a classic a 1996 tour de force by the late peter bernstein. Hardcover 2795 the thesis of this interesting and provocative book is that modern civilization is largely distin guished by its successful efforts first to understand and then to control risk. Peter bernsteins against the gods. An extremely readable history of risk.