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100 | 1 | ▼aBlastland, Michael.▲ | |
245 | 1 | 4 | ▼aThe Norm chronicles :▼bstories and numbers about danger and death /▼cMichael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter.▲ |
260 | ▼aNew York :▼bBasic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group,▼c[2014]▲ | ||
300 | ▼axx, 358 p. :▼bill. ;▼c21 cm▲ | ||
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 321-350) and index.▲ | ||
520 | ▼a"Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort-a one in a million chance of dying. They reveal why general anesthesia is as dangerous as a parachute jump, giving birth in the US is nearly twice as risky as in the UK, and that the radiation from eating a banana shaves 3 seconds off your life. An entertaining guide to the statistics of personal risk, The Norm Chronicles will enlighten anyone who has ever worried about the dangers we encounter in our daily lives"--▼cProvided by publisher.▲ | ||
520 | ▼a"Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra link of breakfast sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do those numbers actually mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter answer these questions--and far more--in a commonsense (and wildly entertaining) guide to personal risk. Through the adventures of the perfectly average Norm, his friends careful Prudence and the reckless Kelvin brothers, and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort--essentially, a one in a million chance of dying--Blastland and Spiegelhalter show us how to think about risk in the choices we make every day"--▼cProvided by publisher.▲ | ||
650 | 0 | ▼aRisk▼xSociological aspects▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aAccidents▼xStatistics.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aDisasters▼xStatistics.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aViolent deaths▼xStatistics.▲ | |
650 | 7 | ▼aSCIENCE / Applied Sciences.▼2bisacsh▲ | |
650 | 7 | ▼aMATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.▼2bisacsh▲ | |
650 | 7 | ▼aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Statistics.▼2bisacsh▲ | |
700 | 1 | ▼aSpiegelhalter, D. J.▲ | |
999 | ▼a김진영▼c정영주▲ |
The Norm chronicles :stories and numbers about danger and death
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서명/책임사항
The Norm chronicles : stories and numbers about danger and death / Michael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter.
발행사항
New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group , [2014]
형태사항
xx, 358 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
서지주기
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-350) and index.
요약주기
"Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort-a one in a million chance of dying. They reveal why general anesthesia is as dangerous as a parachute jump, giving birth in the US is nearly twice as risky as in the UK, and that the radiation from eating a banana shaves 3 seconds off your life. An entertaining guide to the statistics of personal risk, The Norm Chronicles will enlighten anyone who has ever worried about the dangers we encounter in our daily lives"-- Provided by publisher./"Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra link of breakfast sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do those numbers actually mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter answer these questions--and far more--in a commonsense (and wildly entertaining) guide to personal risk. Through the adventures of the perfectly average Norm, his friends careful Prudence and the reckless Kelvin brothers, and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort--essentially, a one in a million chance of dying--Blastland and Spiegelhalter show us how to think about risk in the choices we make every day"-- Provided by publisher./
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9780465085705 (paperback)
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363.1 B644n
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