In The Primacy of Doubt, Palmer tells the story of how scientists learned to accurately predict the weather, and how we can use those insights to predict everything else, from the workings of the brain and how it creates consciousness to how quantum mechanics enables everything we see to emerge from just four basic particles. In the aftermath, scientists asked themselves: why was the forecast wrong? What could have been done to predict this? Meteorologist Tim Palmer discovered the answer: it comes down to embracing chaos. Twenty-two people were killed and damages totaled more than 3.3 million dollars. Instead, the countryside was battered by the worst storm to hit the country in over 300 years.
Summary: "On Octometeorologists predicted a nice, breezy day in the south of England. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index. Edition: First edition.ĭescription: xx, 297 pages : illustrations 25 cm
Title: The primacy of doubt : from quantum physics to climate change, how the science of uncertainty can help us understand our chaotic world / Tim Palmer. Record 17 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record |
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