Odds Against Tomorrow

Name: Odds Against Tomorrow
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ISBN: 9780374224240

ISBN-10: 0374224242

ISBN-13: 9780374224240

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nathaniel Rich

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A novel about fear of the future—and the future of fearNew 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 an empty 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, war games, natural disasters—he becomes obsessed by a…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/2/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English