Simulation and similarity using models to understand the world
'Simulation and Similarity' provides an account of modelling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. The book has three main themes: the nature of models, the practice of modelling, and nature of the relationship between...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2013, c2013
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| Series: | Oxford studies in philosophy of science / Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 'Simulation and Similarity' provides an account of modelling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. The book has three main themes: the nature of models, the practice of modelling, and nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 190 p. ill., map |
| ISBN: | 9780199333004 |