Varenne, Franck (2019) From Models to Simulations. History and Philosophy of Technoscience . Routledge, London. ISBN 978-1138065215

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Abstract

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 and how these factors have led to the spread of simulation models since the 1950s. Using historical, comparative and interpretative case studies from a range of disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the case of plant studies, the author shows how and why computers, data treatment devices and programming languages have occasioned a gradual but irresistible and massive shift from mathematical models to computer simulations.

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Item Type:	Open Access Book
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Varenne, Franck 0000-0001-6539-0618
Keywords:	model, simulation, computer simulation, mathematical model, computerization, plants, simulation model
Depositing User:	Prof. Franck Varenne
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2024 12:11
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2024 12:11
Item ID:	24096
Publisher:	Routledge
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315159904
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.4324/9781315159904
Date:	2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24096

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