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Contains the philosophical account of new computer methods for empirical scientific research, and how they require a different approach to scientific method. This work draws a parallel between the ways in which such computational methods have enhanced our abilities to mathematically model the world, and the familiar ways.

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"... many of the issues raised here are important and deserving of the attention the author pays to them." --CHOICE
"This book is an excellent philosophical appraisal of the roles played by computers in modern science...an excellent philosophical discussion of the role of computational models in physics."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/5/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195313291, 978-0195313291
      ISBN10: 0195313291
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      Science & Nature Philosophy of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Contains the philosophical account of new computer methods for empirical scientific research, and how they require a different approach to scientific method. This work draws a parallel between the ways in which such computational methods have enhanced our abilities to mathematically model the world, and the familiar ways.

      Trade Review
      "... many of the issues raised here are important and deserving of the attention the author pays to them." --CHOICE
      "This book is an excellent philosophical appraisal of the roles played by computers in modern science...an excellent philosophical discussion of the role of computational models in physics."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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