MAP20070010142Lewis, H.W.Technological risk / H.W. Lewis. — New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, cop. 1990XIII, 353 p. ; 21 cmSumario: I. Generalities: the risks of life; the measurement of risk; the perception of risk; the politics of risk; the assessment of risk; the management of risk; the value of life; how safe is safe enough?; uncertainty, causality, detectability; the delusion of conservatism -- II. Specifics: toxic chemicals, chemical carcinogenesis; highway safety; air transportation; ionizing radiation; fossil fuels; nuclear winter; non-ionizing radiation -- III. Coda: just enough statistics and probability