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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Series""; ""Reconstructing Reality""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Mathematics, Explanation, and Understanding""; ""1 Abstraction and Idealisation:Â Understanding via Models""; ""2 From the Pure to the Concrete:Â How Mathematics Yields Physical Information""; ""Part II Where Models Meet the World:Â Problems and Perspectives""; ""3 More Than Make-Believe:Â Fictions, Models, and Reality""; ""4 Mediated Knowledge:Â Representation and the Theory-Model Axis"" |
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""5 Making the Best of It: Inconsistent versus Complementary Models""""Part III Computer Simulation: The New Reality""; ""6 Why Materiality Is Not Enough: Models, Measurement, and Computer Simulation""; ""7 Legitimating Simulation: Methodological Issues of Verification and Validation""; ""8 Without It There�s Nothing: The Necessity of Simulation in the Higgs Search""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Mathematical models.
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Science -- Mathematical models. |
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Science. |
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Physics -- Mathematical models.
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Physics -- Mathematical models. |
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Physics. |
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morrison, Margaret. Reconstructing Reality : Models, Mathematics, and Simulations. Cary : Oxford University Press, ©2014 9780199380275 |
| ISBN |
9780199380282 (electronic book) |
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0199380287 (electronic book) |
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9780199380275 |
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