Peter L. Bernstein

Against the Gods is a Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller. "Ambitious and readable ... an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." - The New York Times "An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book." - The Wall Street Journal "A...

Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Starting with the French mathematician Louis Bachelier—who wrote about the unpredictability of stock prices in the early 1900s—Bernstein...