“…an excellent book on what can be a dry subject…” (Financial World, 1^st December 2005)

"A comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, from ancient gamblers in Greece to modern chaos theory." (The Washington Post Book World, September 20, 1998)

"I must say that I enjoyed the book, it was written in a light-hearted manner". (Money Matters, April 2001)

No. 7 bestseller in 'Risk' (erivativesreview.com, December 2001)