01307nam a22001937a 4500008004100000020003000041041000800071082002200079084000700101100002000108245006600128260003600194520073700230653003300967653002501000653003801025653002101063653002901084260203b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781788169080qhard bound  aeng  223a511.36bKUC/P  2CC  aKucharski, Adam  aProof :bthe uncertain science of certainty /cAdam Kucharski  aLondon :bProfile Books,c2025.  a"From the medieval Islamic world to the recent pandemic, scientific progress has relied on different methods of establishing fact from fiction. Today, in the face of ever-increasing disinformation, how we prove things - to ourselves and others - has never felt more urgent.
But there is far more to proof than axioms, theories and scientific laws: when demonstrating that an experimental medical treatment works, persuading a jury of someone's guilt, or deciding whether to trust a new type of financial transaction, weighing up evidence is rarely simple.
Bestselling author, statistician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski ranges across science, politics, philosophy and economics to explore how truth emerges - and why it falters."  aProof theory--Popular works   aScience--Methodology  aLogic, Symbolic and mathematical   aBelief and doubt  aCommunication in science