When engineers design things, they use models to predict how the things will work in the natural world. But all models have limitations. MTStock Studio/E+ via Getty Images Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” ...
The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck David Spiegelhalter Pelican (2024) As I sat down to read David Spiegelhalter’s The Art of Uncertainty, much of the world’s ...
My long career as an air pollution meteorologist largely consisted of mathematical modeling of the impact of industrial air contaminants on surrounding communities. Much of my practice included ...
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All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In a now infamous failure, in the face of moderate winds the ...
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