The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life

by Peter V. Rabins

Book Overview

Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience?

Questions like these--questions of causality--form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual and methodological challenges for researchers in the physical, natural, biomedical, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231164734
• ISBN13: 9780231164733
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Worth owning a copy

I tried starting this book a couple of times and could not focus. BUT once I got into it I found this really meaty. I read a chapter or even just a section every morning. It puts me in the right frame of mind. I’m glad I own a copy. Thank you Peter Rabins