Against The Gods : The Remarkable Story Of Risk - 96 edition

Bernstein, Peter L. : Peter L. Bernstein, Inc.

Peter L. Bernstein is President of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., economic consultants to institutional advisors and corporations. His semimonthly analysis of the capital markets and the real economy, Economics and Portfolio Strategy, is read by managers and owners of investments totaling over one trillion dollars. Mr. Bernstein is the author of many articles in the professional and popular press, as well as six books in economics and finance, including the bestselling Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street. He is the coeditor of Investment Management (Wiley), and was the first editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management.

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

Submitted by Publisher, March, 2001

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.

Notes.
Bibliography.
Indexes.