Description: In a narrative that reads like a novel, this work tells the story of a group of famous scientists and ingenious amateurs who actually discovered the option of risk--of scientifically linking the present to the future. It blends biography with history and science to show how famous thinkers paved the way from superstition to the super computer.
Review Quotes: AGAINST THE GODS appeared in the "Washington Is Also Reading..." section of The Washington Post Book World. The book is described as, "A comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, from ancient gamblers in Greece to modern chaos theory."-The Washington Post Book World, September 20, 1998