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Jensen, Pablo |
Your Life in Numbers: Modeling Society Through Data |
I11754 |
2021 |
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Mari, Luca |
Measurement across the Sciences |
I11641 |
2021 |
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| Title | Your Life in Numbers: Modeling Society Through Data |
| Author(s) | Jensen, Pablo |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | VII, 114 p. 16 illus., 10 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | More than 300 years ago, Isaac Newton created a mathematical model of the solar system that predicted the existence of a yet unknown planet: Neptune. Today, driven by the digital revolution, modern scientists are creating complex models of society itself to shed light on topics as far-ranging as epidemic outbreaks and economic growth. But how do these scientists gather and interpret their data? How accurate are their models? Can we trust the numbers? With a rare background in physics, economics and sociology, the author is able to present an insider???s view of the strengths, weaknesses and dangers of transforming our lives into numbers. After reading this book, you???ll understand how different numerical models work and how they are used in practice. The author begins by exploring several simple, easy-to-understand models that form the basis for more complex simulations. What follows is an exploration of the myriad ways that models have come to describe and define our world, from epidemiology and climate change to urban planning and the world chess championship. Highly engaging and nontechnical, this book will appeal to any readers interested in understanding the links between data and society and how our lives are being increasingly captured in numbers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030651039 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. Computer Modelling
3. COMPUTER SIMULATION
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HUMANITIES
7. Humanities and Social Sciences
8. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
9. Science???Philosophy
10. Social Philosophy
11. SOCIAL SCIENCES
12. Social sciences???Philosophy
13. Sociological Methods
14. Sociology???Methodology
15. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Measurement across the Sciences : Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement |
| Author(s) | Mari, Luca;Wilson, Mark;Maul, Andrew |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XXXV, 279 p. 72 illus., 64 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. The authors, who themselves span these disciplines, argue that the justification of the public trust attributed to measurement results can in principle apply identically to both physical and psychosocial properties. They further argue that the lack of a common conceptualization of measurement hampers interdisciplinary communication and limits the ability to share knowledge. They advance their views by first surveying the conceptual history of the philosophy of measurement and arguing that classical, operationalist and representational perspectives on measurement each make important contributions but also each have important shortcomings. A synthesis is then offered as the foundation for a new conceptual framework. The authors describe how the framework, which operates as a shared concept system, supports understanding measurement???s work in different domains, using examples in the physical and human sciences. They consider connections and consequences with respect to causality, objectivity, and intersubjectivity, among other topics, and how measurement science concepts and issues are construed across these disciplines and settings. They also address contemporary issues and controversies within measurement in the light of the framework, including operationalism, definitional uncertainty, and the relations between measurement and computation. The book concludes with a justification for the basic claim that measurement is an empirical and informational process that produces explicitly justifiable information. Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy will appreciate the work???s fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time when sound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030655587 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. MANAGEMENT
5. MEASUREMENT
6. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
7. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
8. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
9. PSYCHOMETRICS
10. Science???Philosophy
11. Sociological Methods
12. Sociology???Methodology
13. SYSTEM THEORY
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