From Models to Simulations

• मुख्य लेखक: Varenne, Franck (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Taylor & Francis 2019
• श्रृंखला: History and Philosophy of Technoscience
• विषय: Humanities; Philosophy of science; Impact of science & technology on society; Alfred Nordmann;History of Science;History of Technology;History since 1800;Manipulation;Measurement;Modern History;Philosophy of Science;Philosophy of Technology;Rob Langham;Scientific Ethics;Visualisation
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

सारांश

This book analyses the impact computerization has had on contemporary science and explains the origins, technical nature and epistemological consequences of the current decisive interplay between technology and science: an intertwining of formalism, computation, data acquisition, data and visualization and how these factors have led to the spread of simulation models since the 1950s. Using historical, comparative and interpretative case studies from a range of disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the case of plant studies, the author shows how and why computers, data treatment devices and programming languages have occasioned a gradual but irresistible and massive shift from mathematical models to computer simulations.

भौतिक वर्णन

1 electronic resource (237 p.)

आईएसबीएन

9781315159904
9780367586621
9781138065215

अभिगमन

Open Access