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Author Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-

Title Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future / Orrin H. Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.705 P639U    Check Shelf
Description xv, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Environmental protection -- Decision making -- Mathematics.
Environmental policy -- Mathematics.
Ecology -- Mathematical models.
Added Author Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda.
ISBN 0231132123 cloth alkaline paper
9780231132121 cloth alkaline paper
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