Crashes, crises, and calamities : how we can use science to read the early-warning signs /

Drawing on ecology and biology, math and physics, the author offers four fundamental tools that scientists and engineers use to forecast the likelihood of sudden change: stability, catastrophe, complexity, and game theories.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fisher, Len
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Accidents > Prevention.
Natural disasters > Forecasting.
Science > History.
Science > Social aspects.
Scientists.
Accident Prevention
Accidents > Prévention.
Catastrophes naturelles > Prévision.
Sciences > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social.
SCIENCE > General.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Accidents > Prevention
Natural disasters > Forecasting
Science
Science > Social aspects
Scientists
Electronic book.
History
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