Against the gods : (Record no. 917)
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| fixed length control field | 02699nam a2200217 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | MIUC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20191017113601.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 160914s1996 nyua|||| ||| 001 | eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471295631 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MIUC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MIUC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 368 |
| 952 ## - Items | |
| Itemnumber | 1221 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Against the gods : |
| Remainder of title | the remarkable story of risk / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Peter L. Bernstein. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York, etc. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley & Sons, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 383 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. b&w ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Pt.1. To 1200: Beginnings -- <br/>Ch. 1. The winds of the Greeks and the role of the Dice -- <br/>Ch. 2. As easy as I, II, III -- <br/>Pt. 2. 1200-1700: A thousand outstanding facts -- <br/>Ch. 3. The Renaissance gambler -- <br/>Ch. 4. The French connection -- <br/>Ch. 5. The remarkable notions of the remarkable notions man -- <br/>Pt. 3. 1700-1900: Measurement unlimited -- <br/>Ch. 6. Considering the nature of man -- <br/>Ch. 7. The search for moral certainty -- <br/>Ch. 8. The supreme law of unreason -- <br/>Ch. 9. The man with the sprained brain -- <br/>Ch. 10. Peapods and perils -- <br/>Ch. 11. The fabric of felicity -- <br/>Pt. 4. 1900-1960: Clouds of vagueness and demand for precision --<br/>Ch. 12. The measure of our ignorance -- <br/>Ch. 13. The radically distinct notion -- <br/>Ch. 14. The man who counted everything expect calories -- <br/>Ch. 15. The strange case of the anonymous stockbroker -- <br/>Pt. 5. Degrees of belief: exploring uncertainty -- <br/>Ch. 16. The failure of invariance -- <br/>Ch. 17. The theory police -- <br/>Ch. 18. The fantastic system of side bets -- <br/>Ch. 19. Awaiting the wildness. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Human existence is based upon risk. People in all walks of life - politicians, scientists, business people, sports enthusiasts, even families - routinely face decisions which carry an element of risk. The ability to evaluate and control the level of risk entailed in these decisions is one of the fundamental tenets of modern society, yet from where did this phenomenon arise? This text charts the adventures of a group of thinkers who embarked on a voyage of intellectual discovery, transforming primeval superstition into the powerful tools of risk control employed today. Along the way, Bernstein encounters the questions which troubled some of the greatest thinkers in history, such as Pascal, Fermat, Bernoulli and von Neumann: To what degree should we rely on the past to determine the future? Which matters more when evaluating risk: the facts as we see them or the subjective belief in what lies hidden in the world of time? Have we replaced our blind faith in chance with an over-reliance on science? |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1868 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Risk management |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 72 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Decision making |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Marbella International University Centre | Marbella International University Centre | Library | 18/09/2018 | 368 BER aga | 18/09/2018 | 18/09/2018 | Books |