Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernstein, Peter L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, [1998].
Temas:
Risk management.
Decision making.
Risk management > History.
Decision making > History.
Risk Management
Decision Making
Gestion du risque.
Prise de décision.
Gestion du risque > Histoire.
Prise de décision > Histoire.
risk management.
decision making.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • To 1200: beginnings
  • The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice
  • As easy as I, II, III
  • 1200-1700: a thousand outstanding facts
  • The Renaissance gambler
  • The French connection
  • The remarkable notions of the remarkable notions man
  • 1700-1900: measurement unlimited
  • Considering the nature of man
  • The search for moral certainty
  • The supreme law of unreason
  • The man with the sprained brain
  • Peapods and perils
  • The fabric of felicity
  • 1900-1960: clouds of vagueness and the demand for precision
  • The measure of our ignorance
  • The radically distinct notion
  • The man who counted everything except calories
  • The strange case of the anonymous stockbroker
  • Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty
  • The failure of invariance
  • The theory police
  • The fantastic system of side bets
  • Awaiting the wildness.

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