Risk / edited by Layla Skinns, Michael Scott and Tony Cox.
"Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to crimi...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Darwin College lectures ;
24. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to criminology, politics to astronomy, as well as speakers embedded in the media and in government have put their ideas down on paper in a series of essays that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. After twenty-five years, the prestigious Darwin College Lectures are one of the most popular public lecture series at the University of Cambridge. The risk lectures in 2010 were amongst the most popular yet and, in essay form, they make for a lively and engaging read for specialists and non-specialists alike"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1139115235 9781139115230 |