The Blind Spot : : Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty / / William Byers.
In today's unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers--and often blame it when things go wrong. The Blind Spot reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent ambiguities and parad...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 2 halftones. 3 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty
- 1. The Blind Spot
- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed
- 3. Certainty or Wonder?
- 4. A World in Crisis!
- 5. Ambiguity
- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science
- 7. The Mystery of Number
- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity
- 9. The Still Point
- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index