The Heavens Are Falling: The Scientific Prediction of Catastrophes in Our Time

By Walter J. Karplus

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306441306
• ISBN13: 9780306441301
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Real Facts.

This book, by one of the leading figures in the science of computer modeling, is must reading for anyone who wants the true facts behind the claims of those who use computers to model complex systems and make predictions based on those models. Karplus outlines, for the general reader, the benefits and snares of computer models and how they are used and misused in today's world by those who want to use prediction of disaster to influence public policy.