WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1081775388

Panicology : two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21st century

Are you afraid you might succumb to bird flu? Worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Concerned that you might not be having as much sex as the French? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change or a collision with an asteroid? If any, or all, of these things worry you, you're not alone. Anxiety is a part of modern life. But why? We're living longer, safer, and healthier lives than at any time in human history. So what is there to worry about? In this witty and revealing book, Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams strip away the hysteria that.

Open All Close All

type

about

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Are you afraid you might succumb to bird flu? Worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Concerned that you might not be having as much sex as the French? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change or a collision with an asteroid? If any, or all, of these things worry you, you're not alone. Anxiety is a part of modern life. But why? We're living longer, safer, and healthier lives than at any time in human history. So what is there to worry about? In this witty and revealing book, Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams strip away the hysteria that surrounds over forty of today's most common scare stories, from overpopulation and murder rates to fish shortages and obesity levels, and show the extraordi-nary extent to which statistics are manipulated or misrepresented by vested interests and the media, eager to exploit our fears. And most importantly they offer a toolkit for skepticism?ways of helping readers sort out what really is worth panicking about from the stuff that really isn't."
  • "Are you afraid you might succumb to bird flu? Worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Concerned that you might not be having as much sex as the French? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change or a collision with an asteroid? If any, or all, of these things worry you, you're not alone. Anxiety is a part of modern life. But why? We're living longer, safer, and healthier lives than at any time in human history. So what is there to worry about? In this witty and revealing book, Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams strip away the hysteria that."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Panicology : two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21. century"
  • "Panicology : two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21st century"
  • "Panicology : two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21st century"@en
  • "Panicology two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21st century"
  • "Panicology Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century"@en

workExample