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Book review: Daniel Gardner,Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear (London: Virgin Books,2008),355pp. ISBN 9781905264155,£17.99 (hbk) [published in the USA as The Science of Fear: Why we Fear the Things we Shouldn't—and put Ourselves in Greater Danger (New York: Dutton,2008),352pp. ISBN 9780525950622,$24.95 (hbk)] Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams,Panicology: What Are You Afraid Of? Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century (London: Viking Penguin,2008). 304pp. ISBN 9780670917013. £18.98 (hbk)