| Description |
xi, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 353-364. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-352) and indexes. |
| Contents |
To 1200: beginnings -- The winds of the Greeks and the role of the dice -- As easy as 1,2,3 -- 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. |
| Subject |
Risk management.
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Decision making.
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| ISBN |
0471121045 |
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