| Description |
xi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Ideas in context |
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Ideas in context.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Margaret Morrison and Mary S. Morgan -- 2. Models as mediating instruments / Margaret Morrison and Mary S. Morgan -- 3. Models as autonomous agents / Margaret Morrison -- 4. Built-in justification / Marcel Boumans -- 5. The Ising model, computer simulation, and universal physics / R. I. G. Hughes -- 6. Techniques of modelling and paper-tools in classical chemistry / Ursula Klein -- 7. The role of models in the application of scientific theories: epistemological implications / Mauricio Suarez -- 8. Knife-edge caricature modelling: the case of Marx's Reproduction Schema / Geert Reuten -- 9. Models and the limits of theory: quantum Hamiltonians and the BCS models of superconductivity / Nancy Cartwright -- 10. Past measurements and future prediction / Adrienne van den Bogaard -- 11. Models and stories in hadron physics / Stephan Hartmann -- 12. Learning from models / Mary S. Morgan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Issuing Body |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Physics -- Mathematical models.
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Science -- Mathematical models.
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| Author |
Morgan, Mary S.
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Morrison, Margaret, 1954-
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| LC no. |
98041630 |
| ISBN |
0521650976 |
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0521655714 |
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