How risky is it really? : why our fears don't always match the facts
(2010)
By:
Ropeik, David
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
152.46/ROPEIK,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
xxi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780071629690 (alk. paper), 0071629696 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
This is your brain on fear -- Bounded rationality : because reason alone can't keep you safe -- Fear factors : why some threats feel scarier than others -- The wisdom or the madness of the crowd? -- Closing the perception gap