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Advance Praise for Against the Gods"With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it."--John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University"No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement." --Robert Heilbronerc author of The Worldly Philosophers"A fascinating and unusual perspective on modern man's Promethean attempt to master risk. The book reads easily and provokes thought--a rare combination." --William Kristol Editor and Publisher, The Weekly Standard"Peter Bernstein leads us effortlessly through the history of risk because he writes so beautifully. This is a book on a left brain subject that will have right brain readers lining up for more!"--Robert Ferguson Managing Director, Bankers Trust Australia Limited"In Against the Gods, Peter Bernstein, a scholar, historian, and successful investor gives us the history of great thinkers whose visions put the future at the service of the present."--Dr. Marc Faber Managing Director, Marc Faber Limited, Hong Kong"This looks like a new classic to me."--Barton M. Biggs, Chairman Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Inc."It's a sizzler!"--Charles P. Kindleberger author of Manias, Panics & CrashesIn 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 more distant past. Against the Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. This is a richly-woven tale of Greek philosophers and Arab mathematicians, of merchants and scientists, gamblers and

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