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714236
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b536386
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Arthur C. Petersen.
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Simulating nature : : a philosophical study of computer-simulation uncertainties and their role in climate science and policy advice\ Arthur C. Petersen.
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2nd ed
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Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, ©2012.
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(xvi, 208 pages)
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1306534852
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: 1466500670
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: 9781306534857
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: 9781466500679
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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, ShanghaiBack Cover.
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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 climate? Referring to empirical results from science studies and political science, Simulating Nature: A Philosophical Study of Computer-Simulation Uncertainties and Their Role in Climate Science and Policy Advice, Second Edition addresses question.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatology -- Computer simulation.
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Uncertainty (Information theory)
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Arthur C Petersen
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