20% Chance of Rain: Exploring the Concept of Risk

There are plenty of books on specialized risk topics but few thatdeal with the broad diversity and daily applicability of thissubject. Risk applications require a robust knowledge of manyattributes of this seemingly simple subject. This book teaches thereader through examples and case studies the fundamental (andsubtle) aspects of risk - regardless of the specific situation. Thetext allows the reader to understand the concept of risk analysiswhile not getting too involved in the mathematics
in this methodthe reader can apply these techniques across a wide range ofsituations.

The second edition includes new examples from NASA and severalother industries as well as new case studies from legal databases.The many real-life discussion topics enable the reader to form anunderstanding of the concepts of risk and risk management and applythem to day-to-day issues.