Risk: A Very Short Introduction

Risk: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Risk is everywhere – from genetically modified crops, dams, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, online predators, inflation, and robbery. This Very Short Introduction examines what science has learned about how people deal with risks, what we can learn through decision theory, and how we can evaluate risk in our own lives.

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Baruch Fischhoff (Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University), John Kadvany (Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy) – Oxford University Press