Risk

Risk

by Cox, Tony Scott, Michael Skinns, Layla

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"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"--Back cover.

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  • Full title :Risk / edited by Layla Skinns, Michael Scott, Tony Cox.

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"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"--Back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 189 p. : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780521171977, 0521171970
  • oclc:ocn942283113
  • LC Classification:HM1101
  • Dewey Decimal:302/.12

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Layla Skinns, Michael Scott and Tony Cox; 2. Quantifying uncertainty David Spiegelhalter; 3. Decisions, risk and the brain John P. O'Doherty; 4. Risk and government: the architectonics of blame avoidance Christopher Hood; 5. Risk and the humanities: alea iacta est Mary Beard; 6. Terrorism and counterterrorism: what is at risk? Lucia Zedner; 7. Risk and natural catastrophes: the long view Mark Bailey; 8. Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate change Robert Watson.

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Subjects

Évaluation du risque Perception du risque Risk Risk -- psykologiska aspekter Risk -- Sociological aspects risk assessment Risk perception Risque -- Aspect sociologique

Writers

Cox, Tony Scott, Michael Skinns, Layla

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