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David Aubin has called attention to mathematics as a tool. His work is filled with examples from Greenwich and makes me think whether we should display items like slide rules at the Observatory. https://t.co/80Jik7kmoV
Mathematics as a Tool
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Table of Contents
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Altmetric BadgeBook Overview
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 1 Introduction: Mathematics as a Tool
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 2 Rational and Empirical Cultures of Prediction
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 3 Mathematization in Synthetic Biology: Analogies, Templates, and Fictions
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 4 Trigonometry, Construction by Straightedge and Compass, and the Applied Mathematics of the Almagest
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 5 Shaping Mathematics as a Tool: The Search for a Mathematical Model for Quasi-crystals
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 6 Boon and Bane: On the Role of Adjustable Parameters in Simulation Models
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 7 Systems Biology in the Light of Uncertainty: The Limits of Computation
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 8 The Vindication of Computer Simulations
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 9 Empirical Bayes as a Tool
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 10 On the Epistemic and Social Foundations of Mathematics as Tool and Instrument in Observatories, 1793–1846
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 11 Approaching Reality by Idealization: How Fluid Resistance Was Studied by Ideal Flow Theory
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 12 Idealizations in Empirical Modeling
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 13 Forcing Optimality and Brandt’s Principle
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 14 Object Oriented Models vs. Data Analysis – Is This the Right Alternative?
Attention for Chapter 10:
On the Epistemic and Social Foundations of Mathematics as Tool and Instrument in Observatories, 1793–1846