Against the Gods

TO 1200: BEGINNINGS
1. The Winds of the Greeks and the Role of the Dice
2. As Easy As I, II, III

1200-1700: A THOUSAND OUTSTANDING FACTS
3. The Renaissance Gambler
4. The French Connection
5. The Remarkable Notions of the Remarkable Notions Man

1700-1900: MEASUREMENT UNLIMITED
6. Considering the Nature of Man
7. The Search for Moral Certainty
8. The Supreme Law of Unreason
9. The Man with the Sprained Brain
10. Peapods and Perils
11. The Fabric of Felicity

1900-1960: CLOUDS OF VAGUENESS AND THE DEMAND FOR PRECISION
12. The Measure of Our Ignorance
13. The Radically Distinct Notion
14. The Man Who Counted Everything Except Calories
15. The Strange Case of the Anonymous Stockbroker

DEGREES OF BELIEF: EXPLORING UNCERTAINTY
16. The Failure of Invariance
17. The Theory Police
18. The Fantastic System of Side Bets
19. Awaiting The Wildness

Notes
Bibliography
Name index
Subject index