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
Main Author: Wharton, Annabel Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Architectural models.
Models and modelmaking.
Simulation methods.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Modeles architecturaux > Histoire.
Modeles reduits > Histoire.
Methodes de simulation > Histoire.
Architectural models > History.
Models and modelmaking > History.
Simulation methods > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Argument
  • 1. Unmanageable Models/Definition
  • 2. Body Model/Science/History
  • 3. Building Model/Architecture/Politics
  • 4. Black Boxes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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