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.RISK Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to criminology, politics to astronomy, as well as speakers embedded in the media and in government, have put their ideas down on paper in a series of essays that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. The essays come from the prestigious Darwin College Lecture Series which, after twenty-five years, is one. | Risk Cambridge more information - 9780521171977 EDITED BY Layla Skinns Michael Scott and Tony Cox Mark E. Bailey Mary Beard Christopher Hood John O Doherty David Spiegelhalter Robert Watson Lucia Zedner Cambridge RISK Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics neuroscience to criminology politics to astronomy as well as speakers embedded in the media and in government have put their ideas down on paper in a series of essays that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. The essays come from the prestigious Darwin College Lecture Series which after twenty-five years is one of the most popular public lecture series at the University of Cambridge. The risk lectures in 2010 were among the most popular yet and in essay form they make for a lively and engaging read for specialists and non-specialists alike. THE DARWIN COLLEGE LECTURES These essays are developed from the 2010 Darwin College Lecture Series. Now running for twenty-five years these popular Cambridge talks take a single theme each year. Internationally distinguished scholars skilled as communicators address the theme from the point of view of eight different arts and sciences disciplines. Subjects covered in the series include 24 RISK eds. Layla Skinns Michael Scott and Tony Cox pb 9780521171977 23 DARWIN eds. William Brown and Andrew C. Fabian pb 9780521131957 22 SERENDIPITY eds. Mark de Rond and Iain Morley pb 9780521181815 21 IDENTITY eds. Giselle Walker and Elizabeth Leedham-Green pb 9780521897266 20 SURVIVAL ed. Emily Shuckburgh pb 9780521710206 19 CONFLICT eds. Martin Jones and Andrew Fabian hb 9780521839600 18 EVIDENCE eds. Andrew Bell John Swenson-Wright and Karin Tybjerg pb 9780521710190 17 DNA CHANGING SCIENCE AND SOCIETY ed. Torsten Krude hb .