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Cultures of prediction : how engineering and science evolve with mathematical tools / Ann Johnson, Johannes Lenhard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Ann, 1965-2016, author.
- Lenhard, Johannes, author.
- Series:
- Engineering Studies
- Engineering studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematical models--History.
- Mathematical models.
- Engineering mathematics--History.
- Engineering mathematics.
- Predictive analytics.
- Predictive control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "This book provides a longue durée story examining the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in sciences--and particularly in engineering and other applied sciences--which is crucial to understanding today's culture of prediction"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Hitting the target with mathematics
- Engineering knowledge, autonomy, and mathematics
- Overlapping modes in the behavior of molecules
- Systems thinking and the limits to growth
- The fluidity of computational models
- A transformation of Bayesian statistics
- Engineering thermodynamics.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-37905-8
- 0-262-37904-X
- OCLC:
- 1417663996
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