Useless Arithmetic - Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future Pilkey Orrin H.Paperback
Useless Arithmetic - Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future Pilkey Orrin H.Paperback Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the…
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Useless Arithmetic - Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future Pilkey Orrin H.Paperback
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. They begin with a riveting account of the extinction of the North Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Canada. 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 sciences, Pilkey and Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of experienced scientific fieldwork.
Next they engage in a general discussion of the limitations of many models across a broad array of crucial environmental subjects.The book offers