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Applying mathematics : immersion, inference, interpretation / Otávio Bueno and Steven French.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bueno, Otávio, author.
- French, Steven, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Science--Mathematics.
- Science.
- Mathematical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Immersion, inference, interpretation
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? Bueno and French offer a new approach to the puzzle of the applicability of mathematics, through a detailed examination of a series of case studies from the history of twentieth-century physics.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-255897-8
- 0-19-185286-4
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