Risk

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511735950

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.

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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction
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- By Layla Skinns, Michael Scott, Tony Cox
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2 - Quantifying uncertainty
pp 17-33
- By David Spiegelhalter
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3 - Decisions, risk and the brain
pp 34-61
- By John P. O’Doherty
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4 - Risk and government
pp 62-84
The architectonics of blame-avoidance
- By Christopher Hood
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5 - Risk and the humanities
pp 85-108
Alea iacta est
- By Mary Beard
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6 - Terrorism and counterterrorism
pp 109-130
What is at risk?
- By Lucia Zedner
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7 - Risk and natural catastrophes
pp 131-158
The long view
- By Mark Bailey
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8 - Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate change
pp 159-180
- By Robert Watson
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Notes on the contributors
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Figures
pp viii-x

Tables
pp xi-xi

Acknowledgements
pp xii-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-16

2 - Quantifying uncertainty
pp 17-33

3 - Decisions, risk and the brain
pp 34-61

4 - Risk and government
pp 62-84

5 - Risk and the humanities
pp 85-108

6 - Terrorism and counterterrorism
pp 109-130

7 - Risk and natural catastrophes
pp 131-158

8 - Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate change
pp 159-180

Notes on the contributors
pp 181-184

Index
pp 185-189

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