Models as Make-Believe
Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:17th Oct '12
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Scientists often try to understand the world by building simplified and idealised models of it. Adam Toon develops a new approach to scientific models by comparing them to the dolls and toy trucks of children's imaginative games, and offers a unified framework to solve difficult metaphysical problems and help to make sense of scientific practice.
ISBN: 9780230301214
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 342g
148 pages