The blind spot : science and the crisis of uncertainty / William Byers.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780691146843 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0691146845 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 500 22
- Q175.5 .B94 2011
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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.
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