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Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The confusion arises when scientists have more than one answer, and disagree among themselves. By acquainting readers 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, this book enables them to confidently evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their experiences. Henry N. Pollack is a professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan. He has published extensively in the field of geophysics. This is his first popular science book.
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Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer, and disagree among themselves. This book will help people 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 to confidently evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their own experiences.
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Henry N. Pollack, is a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0521781884
- ISBN 13 9780521781886
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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