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Models as Make-Believe

Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Adam Toon author

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