Models and world making : bodies, buildings, black boxes /
From climate change forecasts and pandemic maps to Lego sets and Ancestry algorithms, models encompass our world and our lives. In her thought-provoking new book, Annabel Wharton begins with a definition drawn from the quantitative sciences and the philosophy of science but holds that history and cr...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2021.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Argument
- 1. Unmanageable Models/Definition
- 2. Body Model/Science/History
- 3. Building Model/Architecture/Politics
- 4. Black Boxes.