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Authors: Henry N. Pollack
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Is the world warming due to the Greenhouse Effect? Can nuclear weapon arsenals be relied upon without periodic testing? Is the world running out of oil? What ac
Acting in an Uncertain World
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Pages: 301
Authors: Michel Callon
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-21 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A call for a new form of democracy in which “hybrid forums” composed of experts and laypeople address such sociotechnical controversies as hazardous waste,
Picturing the Uncertain World
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Howard Wainer
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-30 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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From the publisher. This book explores how graphs can serve as maps to guide us when the information we have is ambiguous or incomplete. Using a visually divers
You Are What You Risk
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The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertaint
Public Policy in an Uncertain World
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Pages: 218
Authors: Charles F. Manski
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Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely mislead