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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy
Silvio O. Funtowicz
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The Research Methods, Consultancy Ltd., London, UK
Jerome R. Ravetz
About the authors
S.O. Funtowicz is a Visiting Scientist at the European Community Joint Research Centre at Ispra (Varese), Italy. He has taught mathematics, logic and research methodology in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
J.R. Ravetz is the Chairman of the Council for Science and Society in London. He was formerly Reader in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. His previous writings include Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems (Oxford, 1971) and The Merger of Knowledge with Power (Cassel, 1990).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy
Authors: Silvio O. Funtowicz, Jerome R. Ravetz
Series Title: Theory and Decision Library A:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0621-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0799-0Published: 31 October 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6766-9Published: 01 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0621-1Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0921-3384
Series E-ISSN: 2352-2119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 231
Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Environmental Management