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    Summary of Peter L. Bernstein's Against the Gods
    Summary of Peter L. Bernstein's Against the Gods
    Summary of Peter L. Bernstein's Against the Gods
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    Summary of Peter L. Bernstein's Against the Gods

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    Listen to the Summary of Peter L. Bernstein's Against the Gods in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The invention of printing with movable type in the middle of the fifteenth century was the catalyst that finally overcame opposition to the use of the new numbers. Now the fraudulent alterations were no longer possible. The first inklings of the laws of probability were seen in gambling...



    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverest Media
    Release dateOct 13, 2022
    ISBN9798868683930
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