A Vast Machine

A Vast Machine Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming

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Publisher's Synopsis

Edwards argues that all our knowledge about climate change comes from three kinds of computer models: simulation models of weather and climate; reanalysis models, which recreate climate history from historical weather data; and data models, used to combine and adjust measurements from many different sources.

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ISBN: 9780262013925
Publisher: MIT Press
Imprint: The MIT Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 551.630113
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 518
Weight: 885g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 28mm