Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World

by Michael Weisberg

Book Overview

In the 1950s, John Reber convinced many Californians that the best way to solve the state's water shortage problem was to dam up the San Francisco Bay. Against massive political pressure, Reber's opponents persuaded lawmakers that doing so would lead to disaster. They did this not by empirical measurement alone, but also through the construction of a model. Simulation and Similarity explains why this was a good strategy while simultaneously providing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190265124
• ISBN13: 9780190265120
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"