Danger ahead : the risks you really face on life's highway

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Danger ahead : the risks you really face on life's highway

Larry Laudan

J. Wiley, c1997

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-180) and index

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Description

This quirky reference in the tradition of Harper's Index analyzes statistics about the chances we face in our daily activities. It covers a wide variety of subjects, such as the chance that your business or your family will go bankrupt, that you will be sued in your lifetime, that you will win the lottery, that your child will get into an Ivy league school, that your new car will be a lemon, and many more.

Table of Contents

Laws for Avoiding Risk-Lock. Jobs and Money: What You Didn't Learn in Economics. 101. Sex, Through the Eyes of a Risk Theorist. Eat, Drink, and Be Wary. Beating the Odds on Disease. The House from Hell--Probably Yours. The Maiming Fields, or No Pain No Gain. Love, Marriage, and the Consequences. A Potpourri of Risks. Sources. Indexes.

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