Should We Risk It?: Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving

by David Hassenzahl, Daniel M. Kammen, David M. Hassenzahl

Book Overview

How dangerous is smoking? What are the risks of nuclear power or of climate change? What are the chances of dying on an airplane? More importantly, how do we use this information once we have it? The demand for risk analysts who are able to answer such questions has grown exponentially in recent years. Yet programs to train these analysts have not kept pace. In this book, Daniel Kammen and David Hassenzahl address that problem. They draw together,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691074577
• ISBN13: 9780691074573
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Introductory Text on Risk Assessment

Written in a straightforward and almost conversational style, this book provides an introductory text on the topic of risk assessment. The book describes complex concepts in simple language and is thus effective in presenting the subject matter, Moreover, the exercises within each chapter are clearly designed to reinforce understanding of the topics covered. Overall, an excellent book for a student of risk assessment.