Risk: A Very Short Introduction

by Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199576203
• ISBN13: 9780199576203
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.5" x 6.9"