Chambers,Robert K. Barnhart: Chambers Dictionary of Etymology

Chambers Dictionary of Etymology


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With over 30,000 entries, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology is a prestigious and scholarly dictionary that explains where English words come from. An important etymological resource for the expert, it is also a useful reference source for the general reader.

Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates that behaviour is governed by the probable costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which are perceived through filters formed from all the previous incidents and associations in the risk-taker's life.; "Risk" should be of interest to many readers throughout the social sciences and in the world of industry, business, engineering, finance Chambers Dictionary of Etymology download ebook pdf and public administration, since it deals with a fundamental part of human behaviour that has enormous financial and economic implications.


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Author: Chambers,Robert K. Barnhart
Number of Pages: 1320 pages
Published Date: 15 Sep 1999
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Publication Country: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780550142306
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