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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Len Fisher , Sean Pratt , Lloyd JamesPublisher: Gildan Media Corporation Imprint: Gildan Media Corporation ISBN: 9798200640591Publication Date: 29 March 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Excellent discussion of the most important problem of our time."" -- ""Yaneer Bar-Yam, Professor and President, New England Complex Systems Institute"" ""Fisher is a master story-teller, making difficult scientific concepts seem simple through elegant exposition. Crashes, Crises, and Calamities addresses the challenge of disaster prediction in socio-economic, ecological, and physical systems by a brilliant and engaging integration of diverse scientific perspectives."" -- ""Simon A. Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology, Princeton University; author of Fragile Dominion"" ""Len Fisher is a natural storyteller, and his tales about the mathematics of crashes, crises, and calamities keep the pages turning. A great way to find out what the world's mathematicians are doing to forecast and prevent disasters of all kinds."" -- ""Ian Stewart, author of Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities"" ""With this third book in his trilogy of exploration into how to address some of society's most complex and vexing problems, Len Fisher challenges us to rethink how science and mathematics is used in what might be called 'crisis prediction and management.' This book is getting me to rethink some of my own work."" -- ""Scott M. Cooper, MIT Research Affiliate, co-author of Coolhunting""" Author InformationComing soon... Sean Pratt, a working actor for over twenty-five years, has performed at numerous regional theaters around the country. He is the author of To Be or Wanna Be, and he has recorded over seven hundred books in just about every genre, earning eight AudioFile Earphones Awards and four Audie Award nominations. Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |