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Panicology

Name: Panicology
Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Simon Briscoe

Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century

Hugh Aldersey-Williams,

Simon Briscoe,

304 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Panicology

Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century

Hugh Aldersey-Williams,

Simon Briscoe,

About this book

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 extraordinary 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.

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