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The primacy of doubt : from climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world

by Tim Palmer

This book explores how embracing uncertainty and probabilistic modelling revolutionised weather forecasting, and how these principles can be applied to understand complex systems like climate change, the economy, and human consciousness.

Accession 22445 ISBN 9780192843593 Publisher Oxford University Press
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