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Simulating Nature
A Philosophical Study of Computer-Simulation Uncertainties and Their Role in Climate Science and Policy Advice, Second Edition
- 224 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Simulating Nature
A Philosophical Study of Computer-Simulation Uncertainties and Their Role in Climate Science and Policy Advice, Second Edition
About this book
Computer simulation has become an important means for obtaining knowledge about nature. The practice of scientific simulation and the frequent use of uncertain simulation results in public policy raise a wide range of philosophical questions. Most prominently highlighted is the field of anthropogenic climate change-are humans currently changing the
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- About the Author
- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Practice of Scientific Simulation
- Chapter 3: A Typology of Uncertainty in Scientific Simulation
- Chapter 4: Assessment of Simulation Uncertainty for Policy Advice
- Chapter 5: The Practice of Climate Simulation
- Chapter 6: Uncertainties in Climate Simulation
- Chapter 7: Assessments of Climate-Simulation Uncertainty for Policy Advice
- Chapter 8: Conclusions
- References
- Appendix: Proceedings and Discussion of the ipcc Contact Group Meeting on Attribution, 20 January 2001, Shanghai
- Back Cover