Dan Gardner

Broschiertes Buch

Risk

The Science and Politics of Fear

Beschreibung

Shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes - tragic consequences. This book uncovers one of the central puzzles of our time: why are the safest people in history living in a culture of fear?

Autor

Dan Gardner

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Virgin Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 614230
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 192mm x 130mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780753515532
• ISBN-10: 0753515539
• Artikelnr.: 25009531

Rezensionen

Excellent ... Gardner analyses everything from the media's predilection for irrational scare stories to the cynical use of fear by politicians pushing a particular agenda ... A cheery corrective to modern paranoia Economist