03939nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10237020 CaPaEBR 20260707181218.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 071009s2008 enka sb 001 0 eng 2007041551 GBA791068 bnb 014276575 Uk 9781844074747 (hardback : alk. paper) 1844074749 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646755897 BF463.U5 U53 2008eb 123 22 120967 94933 Uncertainty and risk [electronic resource] : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008. xvi, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Earthscan risk in society series Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Uncertainty. 70944 Risk. 9226 Electronic books. local 190 Bammer, Gabriele. 166153 Smithson, Michael. 166154 ebrary, Inc. 191 Earthscan risk and society series. 166155 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10237020 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 120967 94933