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Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk

Author: Bernstein, Peter L.
Hardback; Book
398 pages
Published: September 1997
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 0471121045
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In a narrative that reads like a novel, this work tells the story of a group of famous scientists and ingenious amateurs who actually discovered the option of risk--of scientifically linking the present to the future. It blends biography with history and science to show how famous thinkers paved the way from superstition to the super computer.This work describes how the rational process of risk-taking propelled the process of science and enterprise into the modern world of speed, power, instant communication, and sophisticated finance.

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