 | Felix H. Kloman, H. Felix Kloman - 2005 - 197 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... | |
 | Donald Morris - 2006 - 470 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... | |
 | Stavros A. Zenios, William T. Ziemba - 2006 - 508 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 Bernstein, Against the Gods. Strategy... | |
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What is it that distinguishes the thousands of years of history from what we think of as modern times? . . . 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... 
