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Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty
Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty
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4 July, 2002
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In the beginning of the 20th century, the father of modern science fiction, H.G. Wells, predicted that statistical thinking would be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world as the ability to read and write. Yet, a century on, most of us, from TV weather forecasters to the American President, seem to have no idea of how to reason about uncertainties. This volume offers a treatment for the "disease" of statistical illiteracy. Aimed at helping us understand risks in the real world, it shows how a proper understanding of uncertainties can make the difference between hope and despair.
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Shortlisted for Aventis Prize for Science Books 2003.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780713995121 |
| ISBN10 | 0713995122 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 475 g |
| Product Dimensions | 153 x 25 x 233 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Allen Lane |
| Format | paperback |
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Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Center for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition in Berlin, and a former Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Dan Dennett writes: Gigerenzer is one of the smartest psychologists I know, and he's bursting with great ideas. His topic is dynamite .