Calculated Surprises: A Philosophy of Computer Simulation

by Johannes Lenhard

If all philosophy starts with wondering, then Calculated Surprises starts with wondering about how computers are changing the face and inner workings of science. In this book, Lenhard concentrates on the ways in which computers and simulation are transforming the established conception of mathematical modeling. His core thesis is that simulation modeling constitutes a new mode of mathematical modeling that rearranges and inverts key features of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190873280
• ISBN13: 9780190873288
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.4"