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040			_aTOC _beng _cTOC _dTOC _dBD-DhAAL
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100	1		_aBernstein, Peter L. _936177
245	1	0	_aAgainst the gods : _bthe remarkable story of risk / _cPeter L. Bernstein.
260			_aNew York : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, _c1998
300			_axi, 383 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and indexes.
520			_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.
526			_aBBS
650		0	_aRisk management. _936178
650		0	_aDecision making. _936179
650		0	_aBusiness management. _936197
650		0	_aBusiness & finance _943294
852			_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
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