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Does measurement measure up?: how numbers reveal and conceal the truth

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Henshaw, John M.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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2006
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As we evolve from unquantified ignorance to an imperfect but everpresent state of measured awareness, Henshaw gives us a critical perspective from which we can "measure upthe measurements that have come to affect our lives so greatly.
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Connaissance, The?orie de la
Electronic books
epistemology
Incertitude (The?orie de l'information)
Incertitude (Théorie de l'information)
Knowledge, Theory of
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS -- Measurement
Measurement
measuring
Mesure
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Measurement
Théorie de la connaissance
Uncertainty (Information theory)
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