Technology and the possibility of global environmental science

Synthese

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-452

  Tiles, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate science; Computer models; Global environmental science; Prediction; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349274984     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9448-x     Document Type: Article

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