Description: Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how crucial ideas have evolved and telling the stories of the thinkers who shaped the field. George G. Szpiro examines economics from theories of optimal decision making to behavioral science.
Brief description: George Szpiro (Ph.D., mathematical economics and finance, Hebrew University) has for the past thirty years worked as correspondent of the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung, which has a readership of 500k. He is the author of Kepler's Conjecture (John Wiley, 2003), Numbers Rule (Princeton University Press, 2010) and Pricing the Future (Basic Books 2011), among others.
Review Quotes: Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty is a masterpiece of intellectual biography. In his best book to date, Szpiro's wit and stylish writing make the history of thinking about thinking both intriguing and accessible.--Sylvia Nasar, author of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius