Risk
A Very Short Introduction
$28.94
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2011
Summary
We find risks everywhere–from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us.
In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on the sciences and humanities to explore and explain the many kinds of risk. Using simple conceptual frameworks from decision theory and behavioural research, they examine the science and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199576203 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199576203 |
| Author: | Baruch Fischhoff, John Kadvany |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 173mm x 117mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff is Howard Heinz University Professor in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences and Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
John Kadvany is a consultant to government agencies and engineering firms and has published on risk, public policy and the philosophy of science.
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