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Technological risk
- Title
- Technological risk / H.W. Lewis.
- Author
- Lewis, H. W. (Harold Warren)
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, ©1990.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | T174.5 .L48 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 353 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The best and the latest scientific information on carcinogens and the greenhouse effect is covered as well as highway safety, air travel risk, nuclear power, and acid rain. Author's abstract.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- 1.The Risks of Life -- 2. The Measurement of Risk -- 3. The Perception of Risk -- 4. The Politics of Risk -- 5. The Assessment of Risk -- 6. The Management of Risk -- 7. The Value of Life -- 8. How Safe is Safe Enough -- 9. Uncertainty, Causality, Detectability -- 10. The Delusion of Conservatism -- 11. Toxic Chemicals -- 12. Chemical Carcinogenesis -- 13. Highway Safety -- 14. Air Transportation -- 15. Ionizing Radiation -- 16. Fossil Fuels -- 17. Nuclear Winter -- 18. Non-Ionizing Radiation -- 19. Just Enough Statistics and Probability -- 20. Epilogue: What Does It all Mean?
- ISBN
- 0393028836
- 9780393028836
- LCCN
- 90030460
- OCLC
- ocm21040151
- 21040151
- SCSB-1911872
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library