Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You

Gerd Gigerenzer

ISBN 10: 0743205561 / ISBN 13: 9780743205566

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743205561
• ISBN 13: 9780743205566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Draws on real-life examples and the studies of H.G. Wells and John Allen Paulos to explain how misunderstandings about numbers can compromise personal health and security.

About the Author

Gerd Gigerenzer is director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia, and has been a Fellow at the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.