Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk

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Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein. — New York [etc.] : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 1996

XI, 383 p. ; 24 cm

Bibliografía: P. 353-364. — Sumario: 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 widness)

ISBN 0-471-12104-5

1. Teoría del riesgo . 2. Historia . 3. Riesgos . 4. Gerencia de riesgos . 5. Control de riesgos . 6. Teoría de probabilidades . 7. Análisis de riesgos . I. Título.

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