Risk : a very short introduction / Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany.
Risk is everywhere - from genetically modified crops, dams, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, online predators, inflation, and robbery. This introduction examines what science has learned about how people deal with risks, what we can learn through decision theory, and how we can evaluate risk in...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
270. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | Risk is everywhere - from genetically modified crops, dams, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, online predators, inflation, and robbery. This introduction examines what science has learned about how people deal with risks, what we can learn through decision theory, and how we can evaluate risk in our own lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191617792 9780191617799 |