TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gardner,Dan
AU  - Gardner,Dan
TI  - Risk: the science and politics of fear 
SN  - 9781921215674 (pbk.) :
AV  - JA71 .G28 2008
U1  - 152.46 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Carlton North, Vic.
PB  - Scribe Publications
KW  - Information behaviour
KW  - Fear
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Behaviour
KW  - Decision process
KW  - General
KW  - Decision making
KW  - fast
KW  - Risk-taking (Psychology)
KW  - Information behavior
KW  - Causation
KW  - Decision-making
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social theory
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: 372-375
N2  - In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, Gardner explores a new way of thinking about the decisions we make We are the safest and healthiest human beings who ever lived, and yet irrational fear is growing, with deadly consequences - such as the 1,595 Americans killed when they made the mistake of switching from planes to cars after September 11
ER  -