Daniel Gardner (1)
Teoksen The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger tekijä
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Daniel Gardner (1) has been aliased into Dan Gardner.
Tekijän teokset
Works have been aliased into Dan Gardner.
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- Teokset
- 1
- Jäseniä
- 438
- Suosituimmuussija
- #55,890
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.0
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 12
- ISBN:t
- 15
- Writing wouldn't have held up on its own. Were it not for the politically charged topics the book would have been difficult to finish.
- With science in the title I expected to see more researchers than Paul Slovic, Daniel Kahneman, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Baruch Fischhoff. Only a thin and superficial set of studies were covered in the book. Use of a university library would have gone a long way.
- I appreciated the use of frequency formats when describing statistics but more audiences could have been reached by providing more number translation.
- Sewing doubt in fear messaging is laudable, especially in 2008.
Overall I think the book could have been excellent and timeless but gives the impression of being rushed. I hope Gardner rewrites The Science of Fear because his writing has improve significantly since its release.… (lisätietoja)