From science to computational sciences : studies in the history of computing and its influence on today's sciences / / Gabriele Gramelsberger (ed.)
| From science to computational sciences : studies in the history of computing and its influence on today's sciences / / Gabriele Gramelsberger (ed.) |
| Edizione | [1. Auflage.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Zürich : , : Diaphanes, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.10923478 |
| Collana | Qu |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer science - History
Computer science - Mathematics - History Computer simulation - History Interactive computer systems - History Electronic data processing - History Science - Data processing - History |
| ISBN | 3-03734-346-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797485103321 |
| Zürich : , : Diaphanes, , [2011] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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.)
| From science to computational sciences : studies in the history of computing and its influence on today's sciences / / Gabriele Gramelsberger (ed.) |
| Edizione | [1. Auflage.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Zürich : , : Diaphanes, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.10923478 |
| Collana | Qu |
| Soggetto topico |
Computer science - History
Computer science - Mathematics - History Computer simulation - History Interactive computer systems - History Electronic data processing - History Science - Data processing - History |
| ISBN | 3-03734-346-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825543703321 |
| Zürich : , : Diaphanes, , [2011] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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