Title: Against the gods
Subtitle: The Remarkable Story of Risk
First published: 1996
Description: History of Probability, Statistics and Risk Management presented in a clear and comprehensible way.
Subjects: risk management, decision making, abacus, algebra, algorithm, gambling, numbering system, Bell curve, degree of belief, average, Casino, census, Craps, dice, Risk management, Decision making, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Risk
People: Nizam al Mulk, Kenneth Arrow, Aristotle, Archimedes, Francis Bacon, Thomas Bayes, Daniel Bernoulli, Jacob Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, Max Born, Canopius, Aldo Cardano, Giambattista Cardano, Girolamo Cardano, Leonardo da Vinci
Time periods: 1200-1990
LC classification: HD61 .B466 1996