02132nam a22003738a 4500 CR9780511735950 UkCbUP 20171019130420.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100325s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511735950 (ebook) 9780521171977 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda HM1101 .R548 2011 302/.12 23 Risk / Edited by Layla Skinns, Michael Scott, Tony Cox. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Darwin College Lectures ; no. 24 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to criminology, politics to astronomy, as well as speakers embedded in the media and in government, have put their ideas down on paper in a series of essays that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. The essays come from the prestigious Darwin College Lecture Series which, after twenty-five years, is one of the most popular public lecture series at the University of Cambridge. The risk lectures in 2010 were amongst the most popular yet and, in essay form, they make for a lively and engaging read for specialists and non-specialists alike. Risk perception Risk assessment Skinns, Layla, editor of compilation. Scott, Michael, editor of compilation. Cox, Tony, editor of compilation. Print version: 9780521171977 Darwin College Lectures ; no. 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511735950 226899 226899