The many faces and masks of uncertainty

Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 13-25

  Smithson, Michael ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849773607     Document Type: Chapter

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