Reckoning with Risk
Learning to Live with Uncertainty
$24.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2003
Summary
Clear and entertaining, this is an introduction for non-mathematicians.
“This is an important book, full of relevant examples and worrying case histories. By the end of it, the reader has been presented with a powerful set of tools for understanding statistics…anyone who wants to take responsibility for their own medical choices should read it” - New Scientist
However much we crave certainty, we live in an uncertain world. But are we guilty of wildly exaggerating the chances o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140297867 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140297863 |
| Author: | Gerd Gigerenzer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2003 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“This is an important book, full of relevant examples and worrying case histories. By the end of it, the reader has been presented with a powerful set of tools for understanding statistics…anyone who wants to take responsibly for their own medical choices should read it” - New Scientist
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Centre for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition (ABC) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and a former Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago.
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