Observations, Simulations, and Reasoning in Astrophysics.
Astrophysics faces methodological challenges as a result of being a predominantly observation-based science without access to traditional experiments. In light of these challenges, astrophysicists frequently rely on computer simulations. Using collisional ring galaxies as a case study, I argue that...
| Published in: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 87; no. 5; pp. 1209 - 1221 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2020
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