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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcel Boumans |
ISBN: | 9780199388318 0199388318 |
OCLC Number: | 1043350501 |
Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
Contents: | Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Measurement ; Chapter 3: Calculus of Observations ; Chapter 4: The Problem of Passive Observation ; Chapter 5: Clinical Judgement ; Chapter 6: Consensus ; Chapter 7: Conclusions |
Responsibility: | Marcel Boumans. |
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In Science Outside the Laboratory, Marcel Boumans addresses the less familiar of science's Janus faces-not the realm of detached investigation aimed at eternal truth, but the sources of our understanding for our most urgent quotidian concerns. How can science provide reliable numbers to support decision-making in a messy world? Drawing on a deep well of historical knowledge, Boumans explores the parts of science that are too often taken for granted-quantification,measurement, and observation-and the problems of extracting reliable conclusions from uncertain information. This important book should be read by historians, philosophers, and scientific practitioners alike. * Kevin D. Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Duke University * Read more...


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