Risk

Author: Baruch Fischhoff
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199576203
Category: Medical

Risk: A Very Short Introduction

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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 decision theory and behavioral decision research, they examine the science and practice of creating measures of risk and look at how scientists apply probability by combining historical records, scientific theories, and expert judgment. Perhaps more important, they show what science has Get Risk our bestseller medical books.

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