Reckoning With Risk
Gerd Gigerenzer
However much we crave certainty, we live in an uncertain world. But are we guilty of wildly exaggerating the chances of some unwanted event happening to us? Are ordinary people idiots when reasoning with risk? Far too many of us, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, are hampered by our own innumeracy. Here, he shows us that our difficulties in thinking about numbers can easily be overcome.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN-13
- 9780141933085
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Statistical reasoningRisk perceptionDecision-making
Awards
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2003)
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