False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear /
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
c2005.
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Sommario:
- Introduction : the fear epidemic
- Why are we so afraid?
- It works for animals but not for us
- Our culture of worry
- Playing politics with fear
- Disasters : real or imagined
- Finding things to worry about
- Profiting from fear
- Anthrax
- Insects, pox, and lethal gas
- SARS
- Flu
- Cows, birds, and humans
- The fear prophets
- Is there a cure for fear?.