عنوان

Uncertainty and risk

Qualification

(hardback : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781844074747

(Number (ISBN

1844074749

Country Code

IR

Number

45984

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Country of publication

IR

Title Proper

Uncertainty and risk

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

:multidisciplinary perspectives

First Statement of Responsibility

/ edited by Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London ;Sterling, VA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Earthscan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 382 p.

Other Physical Details

:ill.

Dimensions

;24 cm.

Series Title

Earthscan risk and society series

Text of Note

English

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Setting the scene -- Introduction / Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson -- The many faces and masks of uncertainty / Michael Smithson -- Adopting orphans : uncertainty and other neglected aspects of complex problems / Gabriele Bammer -- More than a cabinet of curiosities : disciplinary and practice perspectives on uncertainty -- When action can't wait : investigating infectious disease outbreaks / Aileen J. Plant -- Uncertainty and religion : ten provisional theses / Stephen Pickard -- Uncertainty in the physical sciences : how big? how small? is it actually there at all? / Stephen J. Buckman -- Statistics : an essential tool for model citizens / Robyn G. Attewell -- A philosopher's guide to probability / Alan Hâajek -- Musical improvisation, creativity and uncertainty / John Mackey -- Uncertainty as a creative force in visual art / Sasha Grishin -- Historians and disputes over uncertainty / Ann Curthoys -- Approaches to uncertain futures / Kate Delaney -- Embracing social uncertainties with complex systems science / Pascal Perez -- Heroin : injected with uncertainty / Alison Ritter -- Political practice : uncertainty, ethics and outcomes / Michael Moore -- Smoke and mirrors : managing uncertainty in the public health sector / Liz Furler -- Economists and uncertainty / John Quiggin -- Psychology's ambivalent view of uncertainty / Michael Smithson -- Uncertainty in decision-making : intelligence as a solution / Steve Longford -- Emergency management thrives on uncertainty / J

Uncertainty.

Risk.

Class number

Book number

Bammer, Gabriele., editor

Smithson, Michael., editor

Country

Iran

Agency

University of Tehran. Library of Technical Camp 2

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