Uncertain science: uncertain world

By:

Pollack, Henry N

Publication details: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cambridge:Description: xii, 243 p. ; pb, 24 cmISBN:

9780521619103

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

501 POL

Summary: Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer and disagree among themselves. Uncertain Science... Uncertain World will help people to find their way through a maze of contradiction and uncertainty. By acquainting them with the ways that uncertainty arises in science, how scientists accommodate and make use of uncertainty, and how they reach conclusions in the face of uncertainty, the book will enable the reader confidently to evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their own everyday experiences.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer and disagree among themselves. Uncertain Science... Uncertain World will help people to find their way through a maze of contradiction and uncertainty. By acquainting them with the ways that uncertainty arises in science, how scientists accommodate and make use of uncertainty, and how they reach conclusions in the face of uncertainty, the book will enable the reader confidently to evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their own everyday experiences.

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