The why of things : causality in science, medicine, and life /
Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience?"" Questions like these?questions of causality?form...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience?"" Questions like these?questions of causality?form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual and methodological challenges for researchers in the physical, natural, biomedical, and social sciences. In this groundbreaking book, noted psychiatrist and author Peter Rabins offers a conceptual framework for analyzing daunting questions. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231535458 0231535457 |