Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnson, Ann
• Lenhard, Johannes

Titel

Cultures of prediction : how engineering and science evolve with mathematical tools

Ist Teil von

• Engineering studies

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2024]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• Hitting the target with mathematics -- Engineering knowledge, autonomy, and mathematics -- Overlapping modes in the behavior of molecules -- Systems thinking and the limits to growth -- The fluidity of computational models -- A transformation of Bayesian statistics -- Engineering thermodynamics
• "This book provides a longue durée story examining the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in sciences--and particularly in engineering and other applied sciences--which is crucial to understanding today's culture of prediction"--