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Hazards ahead in the disasters game

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Accident and Design: Contemporary Debates in Risk Management.

Edited by Christopher Hood and David K. C. Jones. UCL Press: 1996. US distributor Taylor and Francis. Pp. 267. £45, $75 (hbk); £14.95, $24.95 (pbk). Exploring Risk Communication. By Jan M. Gutteling and Oene Wiegman. Kluwer: 1996. Pp. 233. $118, £79. Dealing with Risk: Why the Public and the Experts Disagree on Environmental Issues. By Howard Margolis. University of Chicago Press: 1996. Pp. 236. $27.95, £21.95. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. By Peter L. Bernstein. Wiley: 1996. Pp. 394. $27.95, £17.99.

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Sumner, D. Hazards ahead in the disasters game. Nature 385, 129–130 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385129a0

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