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Ignorance and surprise : science, society, and ecological design / Matthias Gross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Matthias, 1969-
- Series:
- Inside technology.
- Inside technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Restoration ecology--Social aspects.
- Restoration ecology.
- Human ecology.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Knowledge, Sociology of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this work, Matthias Gross examines the relationship between ignorance and surprise, proposing a conceptual framework for handling the unexpected and offering case studies of ecological design that demonstrate the advantages of allowing for surprises and including ignorance in the design and negotiation processes.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Concepts
- pt. II. Practice
- pt. III. Outlook.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-228) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26561-3
- 0-262-27643-7
- 1-282-63821-1
- 9786612638213
- 0-262-26591-5
- OCLC:
- 646069120
- Publisher Number:
- 3318769
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