Risk The Science & Politics Of Fear
GARDNER D
- Paperback
- Edition: 1/2008
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In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, Gardner explores a new way of thinking about the decisions we makeWe are the safest and healthiest human beings who ever lived, and yet irrational fear is growing, with deadly consequences - such as the 1,595 Americans killed when they made the mistake of switching from planes to cars after September 11. In part, this irrationality is caused by those - politicians, activists, and the media - who promote fear for their own gain. Culture also matters. But a more fundamental cause is human psychology.Working with risk science pioneer Paul Slovic, author Dan Gardner sets out to explain in a compulsively readable fashion just what that statement above means a ...
Publication date: 2008-08-01
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Subjects:
Non-fiction, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure, Popular Science
Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)