Subject Index

Abacus

Abax

Absolutism

Accounting methods

Active management

Actuarial science

Addition, historical perspective

Africa

Agricultural cooperatives. See also Farmers

AIM Constellation Fund

Alcoa

Aleae

Aleatorius

Aleatory

Algebra

ancient Greeks and
development of
Diophantine equations
fundamental theorem of
in Middle Ages
problem of the points
in seventeenth/eighteenth centuries
symbolic

Algeria

Algorithm

defined
genetic

Al-jabr

Alpha

Alphabetic numbering system

discovery of
impact of

Al zahr

Ambiguity aversion

American Demographics

American Fibonacci Association

American Mutual Fund

American Revolution

Amicable numbers

Amsterdam stock exchange

ANB Investment Management & Trust

Ancient Egypt

gambling roots
geometry in
probability theory

Ancient Greece

alphabetic numbering system
daily life
dice
gambling roots
golden mean
life insurance
probability theory and
proofs
science of probability
standard of living
truth
winds

“An Economic Theory of Self-Control” (Shefrin)

Annals of Mathematics

Annuities. See also Insurance

historical perspective
life expectancy tables and

Annuities upon Lives (de Moivre)

Anomalous behaviors

Anthropometric Laboratory

Antisocial behavior

Apodeictic certainty

A posteriori probability

A priori probability

Arabic numbering system

calculations with
discovery of
implications of

Architecture

Arabic number system and
Italian Renaissance

Arithmetic

historical perspective
mean, see Arithmetic mean
in Middle Ages

Arithmetic (Diophantus)

Arithmetic mean

Get Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial