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The Real Story of Risk: Adventures in a Hazardous World by Glenn Croston

By Science News

A biologist explores why humans are poor at judging risk — fearing rare shark attacks, for example, more than common heart attacks.

Prometheus, 2012, 276 p., $19

A version of this article appears in the January 12, 2013 issue of Science News.

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