Risk : why smart people have dumb accidents - and what we can learn from them
Casner, Steve2018
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The modern world can be a dangerous place, filled with fast cars, smart phones, drugs and extreme sports. Meanwhile, we humans are as fragile as ever. In fact, after a century of decline in injuries and accidental deaths they are on the rise again. The question is - why? Steve Casner has devoted his career to studying the psychology of safety, and he knows that there's not a safety warning we won't ignore, or a fool-proof device we can't turn into an implement of disaster. Based on years of research and understanding of human behaviour learnt as a research psychologist, 'Risk' is the definitive user-guide to avoiding everyday calamity. It will help us understand why we behave in such contradictory ways - insisting on fat-free salad dressing but then texting while driving - and explain the psychological traps that can lead us to the scene of an accident.
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London : Pan Books, 2018.
Collation:
336 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781509818440 (pbk)
Dewey class:
613.6
Language:
English
BRN:
2627063
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