an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism.' The New York Times 'An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book. Against the gods the remarkable story of risk by Peter L. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of. Peter Bernstein's latest book, Against the Gods The Remarkable Story of Risk, establishes his standing as America's preeminent scholar-practitioner in the field of finance. Highly recommended for folks that like to learn about history, history of risk and I’ll guarantee you’ll be amazed at how smart folks were 500 years ago. A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller 'Ambitious and readable. In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. (For audible version) I have the book for about a decade but I’m not a reader and now listen to books so finally bought the audible version and completed it today. If I could remember everything that I read I would sound so smart at parties.

This book was fantastic my Mom gave it to me recommended by Bob Brinker and it had so much information from the history and I’ve never really liked history because I like math and so I learned all kinds of stuff about history from Galileo and Halley this it was really really fun to learn all of this really cool stuff and to see how risk developed and how insurance started with the aristocrats how the aristocrats made money in the old days it’s highly recommended I like to trade stocks and that’s why I got the book but just I love reading nonfiction books and this was so little bit dry in the beginning but boy it is fantastic I finished it quite rapidly I think in one week. Excellent book to learn about history of risk

Against the gods peter bernstein