Uncertain Science... Uncertain World

Henry N. Pollack

242 pages, parution le 23/06/2005

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Résumé

Is the world warming due to the Greenhouse Effect?

Can nuclear weapon arsenals be relied upon without periodic testing?

Is the world running out of oil?

What action should be taken against an outbreak of foot-and-mouth or BSE?

Why can't scientists provide certain answers to these and many other questions?

The uncertainty of science is puzzling. It arises when scientists have more than one answer to a problem or disagree amongst themselves. In this engaging book, Henry Pollack guides the reader through the maze of contradiction and uncertainty, acquainting them with the ways that uncertainty arises in science, how scientists accommodate and make use of uncertainty, and how in the face of uncertainty they reach their conclusions. Taking examples from recent science headlines and every day life, Uncertain Science... Uncertain World enables the reader to evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, and find out more about how science actually works.

Timely popular science book informing everyone how science works and why it is often 'uncertain'

Written in accessible and engaging way, taking examples from everyday life and the science headlines

A thoroughly good read: excellent advance praise from very influential and well-known scientists, and superb reviews of the hardback edition

Sommaire

Acknowledgments
About the author
Setting the stage
Uncertain about science
Can the media help?
Unfamiliarity breeds uncertainty
Fever or chill?
A fifty-fifty chance
How does this work?
Let's see what happens if...
Reconstructing the past
Predicting the future
Out of the blue
A climate of uncertainty
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Henry N. Pollack
Parution	23/06/2005
Nb. de pages	242
Format	15 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	361g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521619103
ISBN13	978-0-521-61910-3