ON COMPUTER SIMULATIONS, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THEIR APPLICATION IN CONTEMPORARY ASTROPHYSICS.
In this survey contribution, which extends [GBa19], we consider and discuss computer simulations from a variety of perspectives with particular attention to computer simulations in astrophysics and cosmology. We begin by reviewing earlier, related science-philosophical literature on this topic. Then...
| Publicado en: | Cosmos & History Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 537 - 580 |
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Ashton & Rafferty
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