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Models as Make-Believe : Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation
by Adam Toon
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Overview
Scientists often try to understand the world by building simplified and idealised models of it. Adam Toon develops a new approach to scientific models by comparing them to the dolls and toy trucks of children's imaginative games, and offers a unified framework to solve difficult metaphysical problems and help to make sense of scientific practice.
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- ISBN-13: 9780230301214
- ISBN-10: 0230301215
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: October 2012
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 148
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