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Adventures in a Hazardous World

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Adventures in a Hazardous World. We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerators, surrounds us on the roads, and lurks in our arteries. But were blind to common risks like heart disease, yet we shrink in fear from rare events like shark attacks and plane crashes. What accounts for our poor ability to perceive and react to risks that really matter? The Real Story of Risk traces our distorted perception from our ancient ancestors to the present day, showing how our brains which evolved to deal with threats such as wild animal attacks and disease are ill equipped to deal with the artificial risks of the modern

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Media: Paperback Book, 250 pages

Publication Date: Oct. 16th, 2012

Publisher: Prometheus Books

ISBN-10: 1616146605

ISBN-13: 9781616146603

Series: Not Applicable

Language: English

Categories: Microeconomics Life Sciences General Biology

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