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From cosmos to chaos : the science of unpredictability / Peter Coles.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coles, Peter, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Methodology.
- Science.
- Science--Forecasting.
- Probabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Probable nature
- The logic of uncertainty
- Lies, damned lies, and astronomy
- Bayesians versus frequentists
- Randomness
- From engines to entropy
- Quantum roulette
- Believing the big bang
- Cosmos and its discontents
- Life, the universe and everything
- Summing up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198567626
- OCLC:
- 64065801
- Publisher Number:
- 9780198567622 (alk. paper)
- Online:
- Publisher description
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