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RISK: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF FEAR
Dan Gardner
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Description for RISK: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF FEAR
Paperback. 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? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
We are the safest humans who ever lived - the statistics prove it. And yet the media tells a different story with its warnings and scare stories. How is it possible that anxiety has become the stuff of daily life?
In this ground-breaking, compulsively readable book, Dan Gardner shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes-tragic consequences. He throws light on our paranoia about everything from paedophiles to terrorism and reveals how the most significant threats are actually the mundane risks to which we pay little attention.
Speaking to psychologists ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virgin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753515532
SKU
V9780753515532
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99-8
About Dan Gardner
Dan Gardner is a columnist and senior writer for the Ottawa Citizen. Trained in history and law, Gardner worked in politics as a senior policy adviser before turning to journalism. His writing has received numerous awards, including the National Newspaper Award and Amnesty International's Media Award. He lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children.
Reviews for RISK: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF FEAR
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
Terrific ... exceptionally good - has the clarity of Malcolm Gladwell
Evening Standard
Enlivening ... a fascinating insight into the peculiar and devastating ... Read more
Economist
Terrific ... exceptionally good - has the clarity of Malcolm Gladwell
Evening Standard
Enlivening ... a fascinating insight into the peculiar and devastating ... Read more