TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kucharski, Adam
TI  - Proof: the uncertain science of certainty 
SN  - 9781788169080
U1  - 511.36 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books
KW  - Proof theory--Popular works
KW  - Science--Methodology
KW  - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
KW  - Belief and doubt
KW  - Communication in science
N2  - "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."
ER  -