Calculating Catastrophe by Gordon Woo
Calculating Catastrophe has been written to explain, to a general readership, the underlying philosophical ideas and scientific principles that govern catastrophic events, both natural and man-made. Knowledge of the broad range of catastrophes deepens understanding of individual modes of disaster. This book will be of interest to anyone aspiring to understand catastrophes better, but will be of particular value to those engaged in public and corporate policy, and the financial markets.The author, Dr. Gordon Woo, was trained in mathematical physics at Cambridge, MIT and Harvard, and has made his career as a calculator of catastrophes. His diverse experience includes consulting for IAEA on the seismic safety of nuclear plants and for BP on offshore oil well drilling. As a catastrophist at Risk Management Solutions, he has advanced the insurance modelling of catastrophes, including designing a model for terrorism risk.ANDREW COBURN is senior vice president at Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and a director of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge. The architect of the leading cyber risk model in the insurance industry, he is coauthor of Earthquake Protection, Second Edition.
�IREANN LEVERETT is the founder of Concinnity Risks and a senior researcher on cyber risk at Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. An ethical hacker, he was on the multidisciplinary team that built the first cyber risk models for insurance.
GORDON WOO is a catastrophist with RMS who helped create the conceptual framework for the RMS Cyber Accumulation Management System. An authority on cyber and insurance risk, he is the author of The Mathematics of Natural Catastrophes and Calculating Catastrophe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848167391 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848167393 |
| Title | Calculating Catastrophe |
| Author | Gordon Woo |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Imperial College Press |
| Year published | 2011-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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