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Author Winsberg, Eric B.

Title Science in the age of computer simulation / Eric B. Winsberg
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 152 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Sanctioning models : theories and their scope -- Methodology for a virtual world -- A tale of two methods -- When theories shake hands -- Models of climate : values and uncertainties -- Reliability without truth -- Conclusion
Summary Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer simulation helps study phenomena of great complexity, but how much do we know about the limits and possibilities of this new scientific practice? How do simulations compare to traditional experiments? And are they reliable? Eric Winsberg seeks to answer th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Science -- Data processing -- Philosophy
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Experiments -- Computer simulation
Science -- Methodology.
Science -- Philosophy.
epistemology.
SCIENCE -- Research & Methodology.
Knowledge, Theory of
Science -- Methodology
Science -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010013703
ISBN 9780226902050
0226902056
0226902021
9780226902029
9786612894886
6612894881