Against the Gods: (Record no. 4933)
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| fixed length control field | 01711nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20230125145645.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471295631 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 368.009 |
| Item number | BER |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bernstein, Peter L. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Against the Gods: |
| Remainder of title | the remarkable story of risk |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 383 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | USD |
| Price amount | 22.95 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Acknowledgments ix<br/><br/>Introduction 1<br/><br/>TO 1200: BEGINNINGS<br/><br/>1. The Winds of the Greeks and the Role<br/>of the Dice 11<br/><br/>2. As Easy as I, II, III 23<br/><br/>1200–1700: A THOUSAND OUTSTANDING FACTS<br/><br/>3. The Renaissance Gambler 39<br/><br/>4. The French Connection 57<br/><br/>5. The Remarkable Notions of the Remarkable Notions Man 73<br/><br/>1700–1900: MEASUREMENT UNLIMITED<br/><br/>6. Considering the Nature of Man 99<br/><br/>7. The Search for Moral Certainty 116<br/><br/>8. The Supreme Law of Unreason 135<br/><br/>9. The Man with the Sprained Brain 152<br/><br/>10. Peapods and Perils 172<br/><br/>11. The Fabric of Felicity 187<br/><br/>1900–1960: CLOUDS OF VAGUENESS AND THE DEMAND FOR PRECISION<br/><br/>12. The Measure of Our Ignorance 197<br/><br/>13. The Radically Distinct Notion 215<br/><br/>14. The Man Who Counted Everything Except Calories 231<br/><br/>15. The Strange Case of the Anonymous Stockbroker 247<br/><br/>DEGREES OF BELIEF:EXPLORING UNCERTAINTY<br/><br/>16. The Failure of Invariance 269<br/><br/>17. The Theory Police 284<br/><br/>18. The Fantastic System of Side Bets 304<br/><br/>19. Awaiting the Wildness 329<br/><br/>Notes 339<br/><br/>Bibliography 353<br/><br/>Name Index 365<br/><br/>Subject Index 369 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | . |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Risk management |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Decision making |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Risk--Social aspects |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Finance & Accounting | Indian Institute of Management LRC | Indian Institute of Management LRC | General Stacks | 01/25/2023 | Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | 1284.13 | 368.009 BER | 004346 | 01/25/2023 | 1 | 1953.05 | 01/25/2023 | Book | TB2799 | 10-01-2023 |