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The Science of Fear : Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn'T- And Put Ourselves in Greater Danger Hardcover - 2008
by Daniel Gardner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
From terror attacks to the war on terror, real estate bubblesto the price of oil, sexual predators to poisoned food fromChina, our list of fears is ever-growing. And yet, we are thesafest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear seemsto be taking over, often with tragic results. For example, inthe months after 9/11, when people decided to drive insteadof fly believing they were avoiding risk road deaths roseby more than 1,500.
In this fascinating, lucid, and thoroughly entertaining examinationof how humans process risk, journalist Dan Gardnerhad the exclusive cooperation of Paul Slovic, the world renownedrisk-science pioneer, as he reveals how our hunter gathererbrains struggle to make sense of a world utterlyunlike the one that made them. Filled with illuminating real worldexamples, interviews with experts, and fast-paced,lean storytelling, The Science of Fear shows why it is truerthan ever that the worst thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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- Title The Science of Fear : Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn'T- And Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
- Author Daniel Gardner
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 339
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2008
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0525950621I4N00
- ISBN 9780525950622 / 0525950621
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 6.48 x 1.16 in (22.66 x 16.46 x 2.95 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Fear
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008003024
- Dewey Decimal Code 152.46
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