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The blind spot : science and the crisis of uncertainty / William Byers.
LIBRA Q175.5 .B94 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byers, William, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Uncertainty (Information theory).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- The revelation of uncertainty
- The blind spot
- The blind spot revealed
- Certainty or wonder?
- A world in crisis!
- Ambiguity
- Self-reference : the human element in science
- The mystery of number
- Science as the ambiguous search for unity
- The still point
- Living in a world of uncertainty.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691146843
- 0691146845
- OCLC:
- 652743575
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