Ann Johnson, Johannes Lenhard

Cultures of Prediction

How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book provides a longue durâee 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"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780262548236
• ISBN-10: 0262548232
• Artikelnr.: 70525271

Autorenporträt

Ann Johnson (1965−2016) was Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. Johannes Lenhard holds the Heisenberg Professorship in Philosophy in Science and Engineering at Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Introduction
2 Hitting the Target With Mathematics: Ballistics and 
the Entangled History of Rational and Empirical Modes of Prediction
3 Engineering Knowledge, Autonomy, and Mathematics
4 Epistemology of Iteration: Predicting the Behavior of Molecules 
from 1927 to 2000
5 Systems Thinking and the Mainframe Culture of Prediction
6 Code is Fluid: How computational models move and 
adapt to new settings and applications
7 A Transformation of Bayesian Statistics: Computation, 
Prediction, and Rationality
8 Engineering Thermodynamics: Prediction and a Merger of Cultures
9 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Prediction—Both Hybrid and Pure
Notes
References
Index