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Models all the way down

Paul N. Edwards: A vast machine: Computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming. Boston MA: The MIT Press, 2010, 528pp, $32.95/£24.95 HB

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Oreskes, N. Models all the way down. Metascience 21, 99–104 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-011-9558-9

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