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Against the Gods
Pl Bernstein
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Description for Against the Gods
Hardcover. A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "Ambitious and readable.. an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism. " -The New York Times "An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JM; KJMD; KJMV1; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800.
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism."
—The New York Times
"An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book."
—The Wall Street Journal
"A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it."
—Business Week
"Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read."
—The Economist
"[A] challenging book, one that may change ... Read more
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism."
—The New York Times
"An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book."
—The Wall Street Journal
"A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it."
—Business Week
"Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read."
—The Economist
"[A] challenging book, one that may change ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471121046
SKU
V9780471121046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Pl Bernstein
PETER L. BERNSTEIN is President of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., economic consultants to institutional investors. Mr. Bernstein is the author of six books in economics and finance, including the bestselling Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street, as well as many articles in the professional and popular press. He is the Editor of The Portable MBA in Investment ... Read more
Reviews for Against the Gods
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 Washington Post Book World, September 20, 1998