Franck Varenne

eBook, ePUB

From Models to Simulations (eBook, ePUB)

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.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 3.21MB

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: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351660921
• Artikelnr.: 68874878