Risk /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:	xii, 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Darwin College lectures ; 24 Darwin College lectures ; 24.
Subject:	Risk -- Sociological aspects. Risk perception. Risk assessment. Risk assessment. Risk perception. Risk -- Sociological aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8534166

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Other authors / contributors:	Skinns, Layla. Scott, Michael, 1981- Cox, Tony, 1941-
ISBN:	9780521171977 (pbk.) 0521171970 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. After twenty-five years, the prestigious Darwin College Lectures are one of the most popular public lecture series at the University of Cambridge. The risk lectures in 2010 were amongst the most popular yet and, in essay form, they make for a lively and engaging read for specialists and non-specialists alike"--

Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Quantifying uncertainty
3. Decisions, risk and the brain
4. Risk and government: The architectonics of blame-avoidance
5. Risk and the humanities: Alea iacta est
6. Terrorism and counterterrorism: What is at risk?
7. Risk and natural catastrophes: The long view
8. Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate change
Notes on the contributors
Index