The blind spot : science and the crisis of uncertainty /
Byers, William, 1943-
The blind spot : science and the crisis of uncertainty / William Byers. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. - xii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revelation of uncertainty -- The blind spot -- The blind spot revealed -- Certainty or wonder? -- A world in crisis! -- Ambiguity -- Self-reference : the human element in science -- The mystery of number -- Science as the ambiguous search for unity -- The still point -- Living in a world of uncertainty.
9780691146843 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691146845 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010029682
Science--Social aspects.
Uncertainty (Information theory)
Q175.5 / .B94 2011
500
The blind spot : science and the crisis of uncertainty / William Byers. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. - xii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revelation of uncertainty -- The blind spot -- The blind spot revealed -- Certainty or wonder? -- A world in crisis! -- Ambiguity -- Self-reference : the human element in science -- The mystery of number -- Science as the ambiguous search for unity -- The still point -- Living in a world of uncertainty.
9780691146843 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691146845 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010029682
Science--Social aspects.
Uncertainty (Information theory)
Q175.5 / .B94 2011
500