ESCAPE FROM MODEL LAND: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It
Lays bare the danger of relying naively on models to tell us what to do. Thompson demonstrates how models reflect their creators' biases, perspectives, and expectations as much as they reflect science or the world itself. What it means is that we must develop a keener understanding of their limits to use them well.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 248
Publisher: Basic
ISBN: 9781541600980
Item #: 7959419
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