Ways of Thinking, Ways of Seeing (Record no. 102395)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783642252099
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-642-25209-9
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Classification number TJ210.2-211.495
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Classification number T59.5
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Subject category code TJFM1
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Subject category code TEC037000
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Subject category code TEC004000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 629.892
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bissell, Chris.
Relator term editor.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ways of Thinking, Ways of Seeing
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Mathematical and other Modelling in Engineering and Technology /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Chris Bissell, Chris Dillon.
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-- Berlin, Heidelberg :
-- Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
-- 2012.
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Extent XIV, 234p. 41 illus.
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Series statement Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services,
International Standard Serial Number 2193-472X ;
Volume number/sequential designation 1
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Creating reality -- Dimensional analysis and dimensional reasoning -- Models: what do engineers see in them? -- Metatools for information engineering design -- Early computational modelling: physical models, electrical analogies and analogue computers -- Expanding the concept of ‘model’: the transfer from technological to human domains within systems -- Visualisations for understanding complex economic systems -- The inner world of models and its epistemic diversity: infectious disease and climate modelling -- Modelling with experience: construal and construction for software.
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Summary, etc This fascinating book examines some of the characteristics of technological/engineering models that are likely to be unfamiliar to those who are interested primarily in the history and philosophy of science and mathematics, and which differentiate technological models from scientific and mathematical ones. Themes that will be highlighted include: • the role of language: the models developed for engineering design have resulted in new ways of talking about technological systems • communities of practice: related to the previous point, particular engineering communities have particular ways of sharing and developing knowledge • graphical (re)presentation: engineers have developed many ways of reducing quite complex mathematical models to more simple representations • reification: highly abstract mathematical models are turned into ‘objects’ that can be manipulated almost like components of a physical system • machines: not only the currently ubiquitous digital computer, but also older analogue devices – slide rules, physical models, wind tunnels and other small-scale simulators, as well as mechanical, electrical and electronic analogue computers • mathematics and modelling as a bridging tool between disciplines This book studies primarily modelling in technological practice. It is worth noting that models of the type considered in the book are not always highly valued in formal engineering education at university level, which often takes an “applied science” approach close to that of the natural sciences (something that can result in disaffection on the part of students). Yet in an informal context, such as laboratories, industrial placements, and so on, a very different situation obtains. A number of chapters will consider such epistemological aspects, as well as the status of different types of models within the engineering education community.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Systems theory.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering mathematics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Robotics and Automation.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Systems Theory, Control.
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Personal name Dillon, Chris.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783642252082
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Uniform title Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services,
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25209-9
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