01887nam a2200337 a 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000130007302000180008602000150010402000150011904000330013408200120016710000310017924500760021026000410028630000450032750400690037252005960044152600080103765000280104565000280107365000320110165000300113385200400116394200120120399900170121595201630123295201540139536397BD-DhAAL20230108150745.0191020t19981996nyua     b    001 0 eng    a96033861  a9780471295631  a0471295639  a0471121045  aTOCbengcTOCdTOCdBD-DhAAL00a3682211 aBernstein, Peter L.93617710aAgainst the gods :bthe remarkable story of risk /cPeter L. Bernstein.  aNew York :bJohn Wiley & Sons,c1998  axi, 383 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and indexes.  aAgainst the Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. This is a richly-woven tale of Greek philosophers and Arab mathematicians, of merchants and scientists, gamblers and philosophers, world-renowned intellects and obscure but inspired amateurs who helped discover the modern methods of putting the future at the service of the present, replacing helplessness before the fates with choice and decision.  aBBS 0aRisk management.936178 0aDecision making.936179 0aBusiness management.936197 0aBusiness & finance943294  aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks  2ddccBK  c41625d41625  00102ddc4070aBRACULbBRACULcGENd2019-10-17eKarim Internationalg1870.00l4m14o368 BERp3010036397r2026-07-07s2026-06-16t1v1870.00w2019-10-17yBK  00102ddc4071aBRACULbBRACULcAAKCd2023-01-08eDonated by Akbar Ali Khang1553.22l0o368 BERp3010040344r2023-01-08t2v1553.22w0000-00-00yBK