Running the Risk
from shark attacks to nuclear disaster - understanding life's biggest risks and how we build a safer future
$58.50
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
Running the Risk: Navigating Uncertainty in a Complex World
“Entertaining and illuminating, this is odds-on to recalibrate your reasoning about every threat and opportunity. The only risk would be not to read it.”-Quentin Cooper, science journalist and host of BBC Radio 4’s Material World
“A must-read for anyone who wants to know about the risks we run in this highly complex world we’re living in.”-Vincent Doumeizel, author of T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781917163941 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1917163940 |
| Author: | David Reid, David Burrett Reid |
| Publisher: | Legend Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Hero |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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About The Author
David Reid
David Burrett Reid is an expert in strategic communications and a member of the executive leadership team of Lloyd’s Register Foundation. A former physicist, David is also passionate about communicating science and the need to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. He was the Director of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival and led public engagement for various organizations including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Institute of Physics (IOP). He is the founder and executive chairman of Matter PR, one of the world’s only communications agencies specializing in helping science and engineering organizations. He is a Board Trustee of The Oxford Trust which encourages the pursuit of science, and The BRE Trust, an independent charity dedicated to improving the built environment for the benefit of all.
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