"Against the Gods"

[fiefoe]

 
As far as fame is concerned, 'hitch your wagon to a star' might be sound advice. Halley and Huygens have certainly fared better than Daniel Bernoulli, the guy who invented the concept of utility and the law of diminishing returns -- and I thought I was paying attention in Econ 101. (By the way, 31-tone music sounds disquieting.)

Daniel's dour uncle Jacob called confidence level 'moral certainty'.  Elsewhere in the book, normal distribution was exalted as 'the supreme law of unreason'. Heady times.

'A little learning is a dangerous thing' is attributed to Alexander Pope.

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From PBS 'Be Amazed' ad: lightening is hotter than the surface of the sun; a tiger's stripes extend through the skin.