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How did humans learn to live with uncertainty—and eventually to measure, manage, and even profit from it? Against the Gods traces the remarkable intellectual journey from ancient attempts to predict fate to the modern tools of probability, statistics, and decision-making that make risk legible. Bernstein connects breakthroughs in mathematics, finance, insurance, and science to the broader story of civilization, showing how societies evolve when they replace superstition with calculation. At its core, the book is about the tension between control and randomness, and the creative ways people turn uncertainty into strategy. Written with Bernstein’s accessible, story-driven style, it reads like a guided tour through the ideas that quietly shape everything from markets to medicine.
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John Wiley & Sons
Published Jan 1, 1996
383 pages
ISBN: 9780471295631
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First Published
1996
Language
eng
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