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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797485103321

Titolo

From science to computational sciences : studies in the history of computing and its influence on today's sciences / / Gabriele Gramelsberger (ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zürich : , : Diaphanes, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

3-03734-346-X

Edizione

[1. Auflage.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Qu

Disciplina

004.10923478

Soggetti

Computer science - History

Computer science - Mathematics - History

Computer simulation - History

Interactive computer systems - History

Electronic data processing - History

Science - Data processing - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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