Risk : a very short introduction /
by Fischhoff, Baruch; Kadvany, John David.
Material type:
BookSeries: Very short introductions: 270.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780199576203 (pbk.); 0199576203 (pbk.).Subject(s): Risk-taking (Psychology) | Risk assessment | Risk assessment | Risk-taking (Psychology)
Contents:
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.
Risk decisions -- Defining risk -- Analysing risk -- Making risk decisions -- Risk perception -- Risk communication -- Risk, culture, and society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.
Risk decisions -- Defining risk -- Analysing risk -- Making risk decisions -- Risk perception -- Risk communication -- Risk, culture, and society.
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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