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From science to computational sciences : studies in the history of computing and its influence on today's sciences / Gabriele Gramelsberger (ed.).
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Qu (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Qu
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer science--History.
- Computer science.
- Computer science--Mathematics--History.
- Computer simulation--History.
- Computer simulation.
- Interactive computer systems--History.
- Interactive computer systems.
- Electronic data processing--History.
- Electronic data processing.
- Science--Data processing--History.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1. Auflage.
- Place of Publication:
- Zürich : Diaphanes, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1946 John von Neumann stated that science is stagnant along the entire front of complex problems, proposing the use of largescale computing machines to overcome this stagnation.In other words, Neumann advocated replacing analytical methods with numerical ones.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; I. INTRODUCTION; A Brief Introduction to the Volume / Gabriele Gramelsberger; From Science to Computational Sciences: A Science History and Philosophy Overview / Gabriele Gramelsberger; II. ORIGINS OF SIMULATION AND RATIONAL PROGNOSIS; Roots and Media of Computational Power: Some Remarks on the Genesis and Genius of Quantification in Early European Modernity / Sybille Krämer; The Early Progress of Scientific Simulation / David Alan Grier; Mimetic Experiments before the Invention of the Computer / Thomas Brandstetter
- Computer Simulation in the V2 Rocket Development / Thomas LangeComputer Simulations and the Trading Zone / Peter Galison; From Computation with Experiments to Experiments on Computation / Gabriele Gramelsberger; III. REVERSE ENGINEERING OF NATURE BY NUMBERS; Towards A Definition of Simulation / David Alan Grier; Simulation as a New Style of Research: Iteration, Integration, and Instability / Sergio Sismondo; Artificial, False, and Performing Well / Johannes Lenhard
- Explanatory and Predictive Functions of Simulation Modelling Case: Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Dynamic Transmission Models / Erika MansnerusResearch Technology, the Computer, and Scientific Advance / Renate Mayntz; Shaping Reality with Algorithms: The Earth System / Johann Feichter; Uncertainty in Grammar / The Grammar of Uncertainty: Some Remarks on the Future Perfect / Peter Bexte; IV. APPENDIX; Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 3-03734-346-X
- OCLC:
- 915560852
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