Uncertain science ... : uncertain world / Henry N. Pollack.
Publisher's description: Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer, and disagree among themselves. This book helps people find their way through this maze of scientific contradiction and uncertainty. By acquainting them with the...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Setting the stage -- Uncertain about science -- Can the media help? -- Unfamiliarity breeds uncertainty -- Fever or chill? -- A fifty-fifty chance -- I'm not quite sure how this works -- See what happens if ... -- Reconstructing the past -- Predicting the future -- Out of the blue -- In a climate of uncertainty. | |
| 520 | |a Publisher's description: Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer, and disagree among themselves. This book helps people find their way through this maze of scientific 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 enables readers to confidently evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their own experiences. | ||
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