The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger by Dan Gardner

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger

Dan Gardner

339 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction politics psychology science reflective slow-paced

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From terror attacks to the war on terror, real estate bubbles to the price of oil, sexual predators to poisoned food from China, our list of fears is ever-growing. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear seems ...

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