Against the gods : (Record no. 16068)
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| fixed length control field | 01705nam a22002057a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE & TIME | |
| control field | 20200702105058.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200701b1998 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - ISBN | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471295631 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | NLUO |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE | |
| Language | English |
| 082 ## - DDC NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 368 |
| Book Number | BER/AGA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bernstein, Peter L. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Against the gods : |
| Sub Title | the remarkable story of risk |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | by Peter L. Bernstein. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | John Wiles & Sons, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Pages | 383 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Table of Contents:<br/>Introduction<br/>Part 1. To 1200: Beginnings <br/>Chapter 1. The Winds of the Greeks and the Role of the Dice <br/>Chapter 2. As easy as 1,2,3 <br/>Part 2. 1200-1700: a Thousand Outstanding Facts <br/>Chapter 3. The Renaissance Gambler <br/>Chapter 4. The French connection<br/>Chapter 5. The Remarkable Notions of the Remarkable Notions Man <br/>Part 3. 1700-1900: Measurement Unlimited<br/>Chapter 6. Considering the Nature of Man<br/>Chapter 7. The Search for Moral Certainty<br/>Chapter 8. The Supreme Law of Unreason<br/>Chapter 9. The Man with the Sprained Brain<br/>Chapter 10. Peapods and Perils<br/>Chapter 11. The Fabric of Felicity <br/>Part 4. 1900-1960: Clouds of Vagueness and the Demand for Precision <br/>Chapter 12. The Measure of our Ignorance <br/>Chapter 13. The Radically Distinct Notion <br/>Chapter 14. The Man Who Counted Everything Except Calories<br/>Chapter 15. The Strange Case of the Anonymous Stockbroker<br/>Part 5. Degrees of Belief: Exploring Uncertainty <br/>Chapter 16. The Failure of In-variance<br/>Chapter 17. The Theory Police<br/>Chapter 18. The Fantastic System of Side Bets <br/>Chapter 19. Awaiting the Wildness<br/>Notes<br/>Bibliography<br/>Name Index<br/>Subject Index<br/><br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Subject | Risk Management. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Subject | Risk Social Aspects. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Location (home branch) | Sublocation or collection (holding branch) | Date acquired | Koha issues (times borrowed) | Koha full call number | Barcode (Accession No.) | Koha date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | NLUO | NLUO | 01/07/2020 | 368 BER/AGA | 14750 | 01/07/2020 | 01/07/2020 | Book |