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9780521171977

Risk

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521171977

  • ISBN10:

    0521171970

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-10-17
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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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 figuresp. viii
List of tablesp. xi
Acknowledgementsp. xii
Introductionp. 1
Quantifying uncertaintyp. 17
Decisions, risk and the brainp. 34
Risk and government: The architectonics of blame-avoidancep. 62
Risk and the humanities: Alea iacta estp. 85
Terrorism and counterterrorism: What is at risk?p. 109
Risk and natural catastrophes: The long viewp. 131
Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate changep. 159
Notes on the contributorsp. 181
Indexp. 185
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