Reconstructing reality : models, mathematics, and simulations /

This text examines issues related to the way modelling and simulation enable us to reconstruct aspects of the world we are investigating. It also investigates the processes by which we extract concrete knowledge from those reconstructions and how that knowledge is legitimated.

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Weitere Titel:
Models, mathematics, and simulations
1. Verfasser:
Morrison, Margaret
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
This text examines issues related to the way modelling and simulation enable us to reconstruct aspects of the world we are investigating. It also investigates the processes by which we extract concrete knowledge from those reconstructions and how that knowledge is legitimated.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199380299
0199380295
9780199380282
0199380287
Schlagworte:
Science > Mathematical models.
Physics > Mathematical models.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
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