 | Peter L. Bernstein - 1998 - 400 pages
...civilization. The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. Until human beings discovered a way... | |
 | Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold - 2000 - 193 pages
...Introduction The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. — Peter L. Bernstein, Against the... | |
 | John Wengler - 2001 - 393 pages
..."The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk — the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature." This observation puts into context... | |
 | Kirby Olson - 2001 - 184 pages
..."The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature" (1996, 1). The forecasting method of... | |
 | Dennis Bley, Vitaly A. Eremenko - 2003 - 366 pages
...Traditions The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. Peter L. Bernstein Against the Gods:... | |
 | Richard V. Ericson, Aaron Doyle - 2003 - 461 pages
...'the revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature.' But his basic point- that our capacity... | |
 | F. J. H. Mertens - 2003 - 96 pages
...toe: The revolutionary idea that defmes the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. Until human beings discovered a way... | |
 | Zoltán J. Ács, David B. Audretsch - 2003 - 555 pages
...... The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature" (Bernstein, 1996, p. 1). The purpose... | |
 | Robert L. Hagin - 2004 - 336 pages
.... the revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk; the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. Until human beings discovered a way... | |
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