03325cam a2200301 a 4500 16631856 OSt 20150408114102.0 110131s2009 enka b 001 0 eng 2011285005 9781844078516 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC BF463.U5 U53 2009 22 123 Uncertainty and risk : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson. Pbk. ed. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009. xvi, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Earthscan risk in society series 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 Hájek -- 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 / John Handmer -- Uncertainty, complexity and environment / Stephen Dovers ... [et al.] -- Uncertainty, terrorism and law enforcement / Michael McFadden, Rod Lyon and Roy Pinsker -- Certainty as illusion : the nature and purpose of uncertainty in the law / Judith S. Jones -- Unifying diversity -- The nature of uncertainty / Gabriele Bammer, Michael Smithson and the Goolabri Group -- Uncertainty metaphors, motives and morals / Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group -- Coping and managing under uncertainty / Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group -- Implications for risk assessment and management -- Coping with deep uncertainty : challenges for environmental assessment and decision-making / Roger E. Kasperson -- Risk, uncertainty and social controversy : from risk perception and communication to public engagement / Nick Pidgeon. Uncertainty. 3462 Risk. Bammer, Gabriele. 17845 Smithson, Michael. 17846 Earthscan risk and society series. 17699 ddc BOOK 26229 260729 0 2013-03-10 0 0 123 U N R 2012-11-30 CL 07000000010228 CL 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-03-10 0 0 123 U N R 2012-11-30 CL 07000000010229 CL 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0