Title Uncertain science .. : uncertain world / Henry N. Pollack..

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 243 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Setting the stage -- Uncertain about science -- Can the media help? -- Unfamiliarity breeds uncertainty -- Fever or chill? -- A fifty-fifty chance -- I'm not quite sure how this works -- See what happens if ... -- Reconstructing the past -- Predicting the future -- Out of the blue -- In a climate of uncertainty.
Summary	Publisher's description: Scientific uncertainty puzzles many people. The puzzlement arises when scientists have more than one answer, and disagree among themselves. This book helps people find their way through this maze of scientific contradiction and uncertainty. By acquainting them with the ways that uncertainty arises in science, how scientists accommodate and make use of uncertainty, and how they reach conclusions in the face of uncertainty, the book enables readers to confidently evaluate uncertainty from their own perspectives, in terms of their own experiences.
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Subject	Science -- Philosophy.
	Uncertainty.
	SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
	Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
	Uncertainty. (OCoLC)fst01160832
	Wetenschap.
	Onzekerheid.
	Filosofische aspecten.
	Sociale aspecten.
	Wissenschaftsphilosophie.
	Unsicherheit.
Added Title	Uncertain world
Other Form:	Print version: Pollack, H.N. Uncertain science ... Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521781884 (DLC) 2002031200 (OCoLC)50322795
ISBN	9780511077760 (electronic bk.)
	0511077769 (electronic bk.)
	9780511074653 (electronic bk.)
	0511074654 (electronic bk.)
	9780511541377 (electronic bk.)
	0511541376 (electronic bk.)

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