Science in the age of computer simulation

Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2010)
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Abstract

Introduction -- Sanctioning models : theories and their scope -- Methodology for a virtual world -- A tale of two methods -- When theories shake hands -- Models of climate : values and uncertainties -- Reliability without truth -- Conclusion.

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