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245 00 a| Risk /c| edited by Layla Skinns, Michael Scott and Tony Cox.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| xii, 189 pages :b| illustrations.;

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490 1 a| The Darwin College lectures ;v| 24;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 8 a| 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.;

520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Risk / edited by Layla Skinns, Michael Scott and Tony Cox.

Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description	xii, 189 pages : illustrations.
Supplemental Content	Click to View
Subjects	Risk--Sociological aspects. Risk perception. Risk assessment.

Other author/creator	Skinns, Layla.
Other author/creator	Scott, Michael, 1981-
Other author/creator	Cox, Tony, 1941-
Other author/creator	ProQuest (Firm)
Series	The Darwin College lectures ; 24 Darwin College lectures ; 24. ^A358582
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.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011019857

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