TY - JOUR
T1 - Mathematics and the Anthropocene equation
T2 - Comment on Gaffney O and Steffen W (2017) The Anthropocene equation. The Anthropocene Review 4:53-61
AU - Heijungs, Reinout
AU - Boersema, Jan J.
AU - Huppes, Gjalt
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - A recent paper in The Anthropocene Review introduces an ‘Anthropocene equation’, which is assumed to model the Anthropocene. While welcoming mathematical treatment as such, we criticize the specific approach for being sloppy, wrong and empty. While the use of mathematics in the criticized paper suggests a high level of scientific rigor, it actually weakens the message rather than strengthens it.
AB - A recent paper in The Anthropocene Review introduces an ‘Anthropocene equation’, which is assumed to model the Anthropocene. While welcoming mathematical treatment as such, we criticize the specific approach for being sloppy, wrong and empty. While the use of mathematics in the criticized paper suggests a high level of scientific rigor, it actually weakens the message rather than strengthens it.
KW - Anthropocene equation
KW - mathematics
KW - rhetorics
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U2 - 10.1177/2053019617742416
DO - 10.1177/2053019617742416
M3 - Comment / Letter to the editor
AN - SCOPUS:85038017647
VL - 4
SP - 259
EP - 263
JO - The Anthropocene Review
JF - The Anthropocene Review
SN - 2053-0196
IS - 3
ER -