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Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future

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.Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental...

By Orrin H. Pilkey
Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (January 9, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231132123
ISBN-13: 978-0231132121
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 2439516
Format: PDF Text TXT book

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As many reviewers have said, this book gives an excellent account of some deeply flawed modeling practice. Several of the one-star reviewers repeat tired arguments defending the models that are refuted in the text. This makes the book an excellent se

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.Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental...
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