Panicology : two statisticians explain what's worth worrying about (and what's not) in the 21st c...
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作 者：Simon Briscoe & Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
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ISBN：9781602396449
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Are you afraid you might succumb to bird flu? Worried that a life ofpoverty awaits you in old age? Concerned that you might not be havingas much sex as the French? Anxious that our planet is under threat fromclimate change or a collision with an asteroid? If any, or all, ofthese things worry you, you're not alone. Anxiety is a part of modernlife. But why? We're living longer, safer, and healthier lives than atany time in human history. So what is there to worry about? In this witty and revealing book, Simon Briscoe and HughAldersey-Williams strip away the hysteria that surrounds over forty oftoday's most common scare stories, from overpopulation and murderrates to fish shortages and obesity levels, and show the extraordinaryextent to which statistics are manipulated or misrepresented by vestedinterests and the media, eager to exploit our fears. And mostimportantly they offer a toolkit for skepticism ”ways of helping readerssort out what really is worth panicking about from the stuff thatreally isn't.
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Acknowledgments p. ix
Introduction p. I
Sex, Marriage, and Children
The Birth Dearth p. 11
Family Breakdown p. 19
The Marriage Squeeze p. 27
Something for the Weekend? p. 32
Health
The Fat Thing p. 40
Currying Flavor p. 47
A Dead Duck p. 53
It's Amazing What They Can Do p. 62
Completing the Course p. 67
Sudden Death p. 74
Passing the Time
Art Is Dangerous p. 81
Cheers! p. 87
The Death of Cinema p. 93
Social Policy
Golden Oldies' Time Bomb p. 98
Credit Crunch p. 104
The Housing Bubble p. 109
Immigrant Invasion p. 114
Losing Control of Your Vehicle p. 121
Death by Phone p. 127
The Workplace
No Work or Low Pay p. 132
Underpaid Women p. 137
It's All Too Much p. 143
Games of Chance p. 148
Law and Order
Terror Alert p. 155
Bang Bang p. 162
Crime and Punishment p. 167
The Natural World
Looking Up p. 171
The Short, Hot Summer of 2006 p. 178
Becoming Unsettled p. 184
Pigs Might Swim p. 192
Go with the Flow p. 199
Chilling News p. 205
Our Declining Resources
Wild Talk p. 210
The God Delusion p. 218
Not a Word p. 225
Modern Science
Frankenstein Foods p. 231
Little Wonder p. 239
Exposed p. 244
They're Coming to Get You
Expecting Visitors p. 252
That's When It Hits You p. 259
A Skeptic's Toolkit p. 267
Notes p. 271
Introduction p. I
Sex, Marriage, and Children
The Birth Dearth p. 11
Family Breakdown p. 19
The Marriage Squeeze p. 27
Something for the Weekend? p. 32
Health
The Fat Thing p. 40
Currying Flavor p. 47
A Dead Duck p. 53
It's Amazing What They Can Do p. 62
Completing the Course p. 67
Sudden Death p. 74
Passing the Time
Art Is Dangerous p. 81
Cheers! p. 87
The Death of Cinema p. 93
Social Policy
Golden Oldies' Time Bomb p. 98
Credit Crunch p. 104
The Housing Bubble p. 109
Immigrant Invasion p. 114
Losing Control of Your Vehicle p. 121
Death by Phone p. 127
The Workplace
No Work or Low Pay p. 132
Underpaid Women p. 137
It's All Too Much p. 143
Games of Chance p. 148
Law and Order
Terror Alert p. 155
Bang Bang p. 162
Crime and Punishment p. 167
The Natural World
Looking Up p. 171
The Short, Hot Summer of 2006 p. 178
Becoming Unsettled p. 184
Pigs Might Swim p. 192
Go with the Flow p. 199
Chilling News p. 205
Our Declining Resources
Wild Talk p. 210
The God Delusion p. 218
Not a Word p. 225
Modern Science
Frankenstein Foods p. 231
Little Wonder p. 239
Exposed p. 244
They're Coming to Get You
Expecting Visitors p. 252
That's When It Hits You p. 259
A Skeptic's Toolkit p. 267
Notes p. 271
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