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Useless Arithmetic : Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future by Orrin H Pilkey, Jr.; Linda Pilkey-Jarvis is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Useless Arithmetic : Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future about?
Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models often yield answers that support unwise policies.<br> <br> Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Pilkey and Pilkey-Jarvis show
Who reads Useless Arithmetic : Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Orrin H Pilkey, Jr.; Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231132121
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Social Science, Technology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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