About the Author
H. W. Lewis is a professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has chaired numerous government risk-assessment committees on defense, nuclear power, and other matters.
Review
“Occasionally a volume on some controversial issue comes along that is so balanced, so sensible, so down-to-earth, it clears away all the fogs and miasmas surrounding the question and leaves people a little smarter than they were before. [This] is such a work.” (Barry Gewen - The New Leader )
“A valuable, clearly written appraisal. . . . Should be widely read.” (John Allen Paulos - New York Times Book Review )
“A first-rate text on the art and science of risk measurement and management. . . . Offers a breath of fresh air to blow at the artful dodgers who pooh-pooh any risk and the Forever Fearful who would avoid risks at all costs. . . . Three cheers to Lewis for leading us down the straight and narrow.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“A stiff, rational breeze in a debate which has hitherto been stultified with muddy thinking and political hidden agendas.” (William H. Press, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Harvard University )
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