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Author: Orrin H. Pilkey ,
Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.468kg
ISBN: 9780231132121
ISBN 10: 0231132123
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 09 January 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
This book is a welcome antidote to the blind use of supposedly quantitative models. -- Carl Wunsch American Scientist This is an easy and persuasive read. -- Fred Pearce New Scientist Useless Arithmetic dispels many myths and is a 'must read' packing in case studies and insights on faulty thinking. The Midwest Book Review [This] readily accessible book should be read by any activist who's ever had to face off against the opposition's engineers. Earth Island Journal A concise, powerful, and readable book. -- Steven R. Carpenter Issues in Science and Technology This book should be in every library... Essential. Choice Useless Arithmetic will surely excite any reader. -- David Simberloff BioScience
This book is a welcome antidote to the blind use of supposedly quantitative models. -- Carl Wunsch, American Scientist This is an easy and persuasive read. -- Fred Pearce, New Scientist Useless Arithmetic dispels many myths and is a 'must read' packing in case studies and insights on faulty thinking. -- The Midwest Book Review [This] readily accessible book should be read by any activist who's ever had to face off against the opposition's engineers. -- Earth Island Journal A concise, powerful, and readable book. -- Steven R. Carpenter, Issues in Science and Technology This book should be in every library... Essential. -- Choice Useless Arithmetic will surely excite any reader. -- David Simberloff, BioScience
"""This book is a welcome antidote to the blind use of supposedly quantitative models."" -- Carl Wunsch, American Scientist "" Useless Arithmetic dispels many myths and is a 'must read' packing in case studies and insights on faulty thinking."" -- The Midwest Book Review ""[This] readily accessible book should be read by any activist who's ever had to face off against the opposition's engineers."" -- Earth Island Journal"
Author Information
Orrin H. Pilkey is the James B. Duke Professor of Geology emeritus and director emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. He has written numerous books, including A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands, and is the editor of the twenty-four-volume series, Living with the Shore.Linda Pilkey-Jarvis is a geologist in the State of Washington's Department of Ecology, where she helps manage the state's oil spills program.
