Mathematics as a tool : tracing new roles of mathematics in the sciences
History Philosophy and science Mathematics Environmental sciences Environment
Springer
2017
EISBN 9783319544694
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Organizing Science.
Rational and Empirical Cultures of Prediction / Ann Johnson.
Mathematization in Synthetic Biology: Analogies, Templates, and Fictions / Andrea Loettgers.
Trigonometry, Construction by Straightedge and Compass, and the Applied Mathematics of the Almagest / Ido Yavetz.
Shaping Mathematics as a Tool: The Search for a Mathematical Model for Quasi-crystals / Henrik Kragh Sørensen.
pt. II Conceptual Re-evaluation.
Boon and Bane: On the Role of Adjustable Parameters in Simulation Models / Johannes Lenhard.
Systems Biology in the Light of Uncertainty: The Limits of Computation / Miles MacLeod.
The Vindication of Computer Simulations / Nicolas Fillion.
Empirical Bayes as a Tool / Anouk Barberousse.
pt. III Reflections on the Tool Character.
On the Epistemic and Social Foundations of Mathematics as Tool and Instrument in Observatories, 1793.
1846 / David Aubin Note continued: Approaching Reality by Idealization: How Fluid Resistance Was Studied by Ideal Flow Theory / Michael Eckert.
Idealizations in Empirical Modeling / Julie Jebeile.
Forcing Optimality and Brandt's Principle / Daniele C. Struppa.
Rational and Empirical Cultures of Prediction / Ann Johnson.
Mathematization in Synthetic Biology: Analogies, Templates, and Fictions / Andrea Loettgers.
Trigonometry, Construction by Straightedge and Compass, and the Applied Mathematics of the Almagest / Ido Yavetz.
Shaping Mathematics as a Tool: The Search for a Mathematical Model for Quasi-crystals / Henrik Kragh Sørensen.
pt. II Conceptual Re-evaluation.
Boon and Bane: On the Role of Adjustable Parameters in Simulation Models / Johannes Lenhard.
Systems Biology in the Light of Uncertainty: The Limits of Computation / Miles MacLeod.
The Vindication of Computer Simulations / Nicolas Fillion.
Empirical Bayes as a Tool / Anouk Barberousse.
pt. III Reflections on the Tool Character.
On the Epistemic and Social Foundations of Mathematics as Tool and Instrument in Observatories, 1793.
1846 / David Aubin Note continued: Approaching Reality by Idealization: How Fluid Resistance Was Studied by Ideal Flow Theory / Michael Eckert.
Idealizations in Empirical Modeling / Julie Jebeile.
Forcing Optimality and Brandt's Principle / Daniele C. Struppa.
