Willful Ignorance

PREFACE xi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv

1 THE OPPOSITE OF CERTAINTY 1

Two Dead Ends 2

Analytical Engines 4

What is Probability?  6

Uncertainty 9

Willful Ignorance 12

Toward a New Science 15

2 A QUIET REVOLUTION 19

Thinking the Unthinkable 21

Inventin...