Odds Against Tomorrow A Novel

Name: Odds Against Tomorrow A Novel
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ISBN: 9781250043641

ISBN-10: 1250043646

ISBN-13: 9781250043641

Edition: 2014

Authors: Nathaniel Rich

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NEW YORK CITY, the near future: Mitchell Zukor, a gifted young mathematician, is hired by a mysterious new financial consulting firm, FutureWorld. The business operates out of a cavernous office in the Empire State Building; Mitchell is employee number two. He is asked to calculate worst-case scenarios in the most intricate detail, and his schemes are sold to corporations to indemnify them against any future disasters. This is the cutting edge of corporate irresponsibility, and business is booming.As Mitchell immerses himself in the mathematics of catastrophe--ecological collapse, global war, natural disasters--he becomes obsessed by a cultures fears. Yet he also loses touch with his last…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.26" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English