Uncertain Science ... Uncertain World
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521781886
Subjects: Philosophy of science; Popular science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Technology / General; General; Philosophy; Uncertainty
First sentence: This is a book about uncertainty, particularly the uncertainty we associate with science.
Description: 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.