Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy: 15 - Rilegato

Funtowicz, Silvio O.; Ravetz, Jerome R.

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ISBN 10: 0792307992 ISBN 13: 9780792307990

Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Pub, 1990

Riassunto

This book explains the notational system NUSAP (Numeral, Unit, Spread, Assessment, Pedigree) and applies it to several examples from the environmental sciences. The authors are now making further extensions of NUSAP, including an algorithm for the propagation of quality-grades through models used in risk and safety studies. They are also developing the concept of `Post-normal Science', in which quality assurance of information requires the participation of `extended peer-communities' lying outside the traditional expertise.

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Informazioni sull?autore

S.O. Funtowicz is a Visiting Scientist at the European Community Joint Research Centre at Ispra (Varese), Italy. He has taught mathematics, logic and research methodology in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

J.R. Ravetz is the Chairman of the Council for Science and Society in London. He was formerly Reader in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. His previous writings include Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems (Oxford, 1971) and The Merger of Knowledge with Power (Cassel, 1990).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792307992
• ISBN 13: 9780792307990
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 242
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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