Models and world making : bodies, buildings, black boxes /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wharton, Annabel Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Simulation methods > History.
Models and modelmaking > History.
Architectural models > History.
Méthodes de simulation > Histoire.
Modèles réduits > Histoire.
Modèles architecturaux > Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Simulation methods
Models and modelmaking
Architectural models
History
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.

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