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by Baruch Fischhoff; John Kadvany

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We find risk everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, 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 both the sciences and humanities to illuminate both the similarities and differences of various kinds of risk. Using conceptual frameworks such as decision theory and behavioral decision research, they examine the science and practice of creating measures of risk and look at how scientists apply probability by combining historical records, scientific theories, and expert judgment. Perhaps more important, they show what science has learned about how people deal with risks, applying these lessons to diverse everyday examples, demonstrating how we can move from understanding a risk to making a choice to diminish risk in everyday life.

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  • Title Risk: A Very Short Introduction
  • Author Baruch Fischhoff; John Kadvany
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication date 2011-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780199576203 / 0199576203
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.89 x 4.5 x 0.41 in (17.50 x 11.43 x 1.04 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Sociological
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk assessment
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011288953
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.120

About the author

Baruch Fischhoff is Howard Heinz University Professor in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

John Kadvany is a consultant whose clients include the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.

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