Useless arithmetic :: why environmental scientists can't predict the future /
Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Orrin Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of experienced scientific fieldwork. They begin wit...
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Zusammenfassung: | Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Orrin Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of experienced scientific fieldwork. They begin with the extinction of the North Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Canada, and then they discuss the limitations of many models across a broad array of crucial environmental subjects. Case studies depict how the seductiveness of quantitative models has led to unmanageable nuclear waste disposa. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231506991 0231506996 |
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contents | Preface -- Mathematical fishing -- Mathematical models : escaping from reality -- Yucca Mountain : a million years of certainty -- How fast the rising sea? -- Following a wayward rule -- Beaches in an expected universe -- Giant cups of poison -- Invasive plants : an environmental apocalypse -- A promise unfulfilled -- Appendix -- References -- Index. |
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spelling | Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058315 Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Orrin H. Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007. 1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. Preface -- 1. Mathematical fishing -- 2. Mathematical models : escaping from reality -- 3. Yucca Mountain : a million years of certainty -- 4. How fast the rising sea? -- 5. Following a wayward rule -- 6. Beaches in an expected universe -- 7. Giant cups of poison -- 8. Invasive plants : an environmental apocalypse -- 9. A promise unfulfilled -- Appendix -- References -- Index. Print version record. Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Orrin Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of experienced scientific fieldwork. They begin with the extinction of the North Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Canada, and then they discuss the limitations of many models across a broad array of crucial environmental subjects. Case studies depict how the seductiveness of quantitative models has led to unmanageable nuclear waste disposa. Environmental protection Decision making Mathematics. Environmental policy Mathematics. Ecology Mathematical models. Environnement Politique gouvernementale Mathématiques. SCIENCE Environmental Science (see also Chemistry Environmental) bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Ecology Mathematical models fast Environmental policy Mathematics fast Milieukunde. gtt Wiskundige modellen. gtt Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda. has work: Useless arithmetic (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH4qwTbcPvRFFwkvDHpYrm https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- Useless arithmetic. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007 0231132123 9780231132121 (DLC) 2006009632 (OCoLC)65207068 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=193936 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Preface -- Mathematical fishing -- Mathematical models : escaping from reality -- Yucca Mountain : a million years of certainty -- How fast the rising sea? -- Following a wayward rule -- Beaches in an expected universe -- Giant cups of poison -- Invasive plants : an environmental apocalypse -- A promise unfulfilled -- Appendix -- References -- Index. Environmental protection Decision making Mathematics. Environmental policy Mathematics. Ecology Mathematical models. Environnement Politique gouvernementale Mathématiques. SCIENCE Environmental Science (see also Chemistry Environmental) bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Ecology Mathematical models fast Environmental policy Mathematics fast Milieukunde. gtt Wiskundige modellen. gtt |
title | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / |
title_alt | Preface -- Mathematical fishing -- Mathematical models : escaping from reality -- Yucca Mountain : a million years of certainty -- How fast the rising sea? -- Following a wayward rule -- Beaches in an expected universe -- Giant cups of poison -- Invasive plants : an environmental apocalypse -- A promise unfulfilled -- Appendix -- References -- Index. |
title_auth | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / |
title_exact_search | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / |
title_full | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Orrin H. Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. |
title_fullStr | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Orrin H. Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. |
title_full_unstemmed | Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Orrin H. Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. |
title_short | Useless arithmetic : |
title_sort | useless arithmetic why environmental scientists can t predict the future |
title_sub | why environmental scientists can't predict the future / |
topic | Environmental protection Decision making Mathematics. Environmental policy Mathematics. Ecology Mathematical models. Environnement Politique gouvernementale Mathématiques. SCIENCE Environmental Science (see also Chemistry Environmental) bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Ecology Mathematical models fast Environmental policy Mathematics fast Milieukunde. gtt Wiskundige modellen. gtt |
topic_facet | Environmental protection Decision making Mathematics. Environmental policy Mathematics. Ecology Mathematical models. Environnement Politique gouvernementale Mathématiques. SCIENCE Environmental Science (see also Chemistry Environmental) POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy. SCIENCE Environmental Science. Ecology Mathematical models Environmental policy Mathematics Milieukunde. Wiskundige modellen. |
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