Escape from model land : how mathematical models can lead us astray and what we can do about it
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- ISBN: 9781541600980
- ISBN: 1541600983
- ISBN: 9781541600997
- ISBN: 1541600991
- ISBN: 1529364884
- ISBN: 9781529364880
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vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Locating model land -- Thinking inside the box -- Models as metaphors -- The cat that looks most like a dog -- Fiction, prediction, and conviction -- The accountability gap -- Masters of the universe -- The atmosphere is complicated -- Totally under control -- Escaping from model land. |
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