Models as make-believe: imagination, fiction and scientific representation
Auteur :
Toon, Adam
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349336876
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.