Surprised by a Nanowire: Simulation, Control, and Understanding.

This paper starts by looking at the coincidence of surprising behavior on the nanolevel in both matter and simulation. It uses this coincidence to argue that the simulation approach opens up a pragmatic mode of understanding oriented toward design rules and based on a new instrumental access to comp...

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Publicado en:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 605 - 617
Autor principal:	Lenhard, Johannes
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press Dec2006
Materias:	Nanoscience Simulation methods & models Computer simulation Quantum theory Density functionals
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