Franck Varenne

Gebundenes Buch

From Models to Simulations

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Franck Varenne is Associate Professor of philosophy of science at the University of Rouen (Normandy - France) and associate researcher at IHPST (CNRS - Paris). His research focuses on the history and epistemology of formal models and computer simulations in contemporary science, especially in biology and geography. He has published around fifty-five articles and chapters. He has also published eight books and co-edited three collective books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781138065215
• ISBN-10: 1138065218
• Artikelnr.: 53957360