Author: Gerd Gigerenzer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: deceive, numbers, risks, calculated
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-03-19
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0743254236
ISBN-13: 9780743254236

At the beginning of the twentieth century, H. G. Wells predicted that statistical thinking would be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world as the ability to read and write. But in the twenty-first century, we are often overwhelmed by a baffling array of percentages and probabilities as we try to navigate in a world dominated by statistics. Cognitive scientist Gerd Gigerenzer says that because we haven’t learned statistical thinking, we don’t understand risk and uncertainty. In order to assess risk -- everything from the risk of an automobile accident to the certaint

Author: Robert Spiller
Publisher: Medallion Press
Keywords: series, pinkwater, bonnie, demise, calculated
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1933836156
ISBN-13: 9781933836157

Bonnie Pinkwater returns in this second book in the series that follows a math teacher with a knack for solving mysteries in her small Colorado town. When the wrestling coach is found murdered, Bonnie enlists the help of a student to find out what really happened. Suspects soon turn into victims, however, as more people are killed and less is known about the culprit. Just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, Bonnie’s beloved dog is kidnapped, raising the stakes even higher. A thrilling adventure with twists around every corner, this mystery uses math and its history

Author: Kenneth A. Rogers and Marvin G. Kingsley
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: security, homeland, risks, calculated
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 2007-11-08
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 075467133X
ISBN-13: 9780754671336

This well documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. Despite pressing homeland security and energy concerns associated with highly radioactive waste, political considerations have prevented policymakers from adopting long-term solutions to the problem. Implications of potential terrorist or criminal activity involving waste are high on the agenda together with its actual transportation. This book explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local government and

Author: Joseph V. Rodricks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: risks, chemicals, environment, health, human, toxicity, calculated
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 2006-12-04
List price: $94.99
ISBN-10: 0521783089
ISBN-13: 9780521783088

Safeguarding economic prosperity, whilst protecting human health and the environment, is at the forefront of scientific and public interest. This book provides a practical and balanced view on toxicology, control, risk assessment and risk management, addressing the interplay between science and public health policy. This fully revised and updated new edition provides a detailed analysis on chemical and by-product exposure, how they enter the body and the suitability of imposed safety limits. New chapters on dose, with particular emphasis on children and vulnerable subpopulations, reproductive