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Why does your weather app say theres a 10 percent chance of rain instead of it will be sunny In large part this is due to the insight of awardwinning physicist Tim Palmer who pioneered the introduction of uncertainty into weather and climate prediction Now he wants to apply it to how we study everything elseIn The Primacy of Doubt Palmer gives us a revolutionary vision of mathematical uncertainty that provides new insights into a range of practical problems and some of the deepest questions in science and philosophy He draws connections that are in equal parts unexpected and fascinating how ensemble forecasts can predict unpredictability how the brain uses noise for creative thinking how the geometry of chaos forces us to rewrite the laws of quantum mechanics and in so doing reconciles determinism free will and moral responsibility A tour de force from a brilliant mind The Primacy of Doubt shows that the fundamental law of the universe might just be to expect the unexpected