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Gerd Gigerenzer
Reckoning with Risk [EPUB ebook]
Learning to Live with Uncertainty

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"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 medicalchoices 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 of some unwanted event happening to us? Are ordinary people idiots when reasoning with risk?Far too many of us, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, are hampered by our own innumeracy. Here, he shows us that our difficulties in thinking about numbers can easily be overcome.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141933085 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2270311 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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