Mathematics as a tool : tracing new roles of mathematics in the sciences /: tracing new roles of mathematics in the sciences. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Johannes Lenhard, Martin Carrier, editors.
• Editors: Lenhard, Johannes; Carrier, Martin
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Johannes Lenhard) -- Part 1. Organizing Science -- Chapter 2. Rational and Empirical Cultures of Prediction (Ann Johnson) -- Chapter 3. Mathematization in Synthetic Biology: Analogies, Templates, and Fictions (Tarja Knuuttila) -- Chapter 4. Trigonometry, Construction by Straightedge and Compass, and the applied mathematics of the Almagest (Ido Yavetz) -- Chapter 5. Shaping Mathematics as a Tool: The Search for a Mathematical Model of Quasi-Crystals (Henrik Kragh Sørensen) -- Part 2. Conceptual Re-Evaluation -- Chapter 6. Boon and Bane: On the Role of Adjustable Parameters in Simulation Models (Hans Hasse) -- Chapter 7. Systems Biology in the Light of Uncertainty: The Limits of Computation (Miles MacLeod) -- Chapter 8. The Vindication of Computer Simulations (Nicolas Fillion) -- Chapter 9. Empirical Bayes as a Tool (Anouk Barberousse) -- Part 3. Reflections on the Tool Character -- Chapter 10. On the Epistemic and Social Foundations of Mathematics as Tool and Instrument in Observatories, 1793--1846 (David Aubin) -- Chapter 11. Approaching Reality by Idealization: How Fluid Resistance Was Studied By Ideal Flow Theory (Michael Eckert) -- Chapter 12. Idealizations in Empirical Modeling (Julie Jebeile) -- Chapter 13. Forcing Optimality and Brandt's Principle (Domenio Napoletani) -- Chapter 14. Object Oriented Methods vs. Data Analysis: Is this the Right Alternative? (Jürgen Jost).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 286 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 510.1; Environment; Mathematics -- Philosophy; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Science -- History; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; History of science; Philosophy of science; History of mathematics; Environmental sciences; History; Science_xPhilosophy; Science -- Environmental Science; The environment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319544694; 3319544691
• Related ISBNs: 9783319544687; 3319544683
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 17, 2017).
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