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Cultures of Prediction
How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools
Taschenbuch von Ann Johnson (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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"This book provides a longue durâee story examining the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in sciences--and particularly in engineering and other applied sciences--which is crucial to understanding today's culture of prediction"--
"This book provides a longue durâee story examining the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in sciences--and particularly in engineering and other applied sciences--which is crucial to understanding today's culture of prediction"--
Über den Autor
Ann Johnson (1965−2016) was Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University.

Johannes Lenhard holds the Heisenberg Professorship in Philosophy in Science and Engineering at Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Hitting the Target With Mathematics: Ballistics and
the Entangled History of Rational and Empirical Modes of Prediction
3 Engineering Knowledge, Autonomy, and Mathematics
4 Epistemology of Iteration: Predicting the Behavior of Molecules
from 1927 to 2000
5 Systems Thinking and the Mainframe Culture of Prediction
6 Code is Fluid: How computational models move and
adapt to new settings and applications
7 A Transformation of Bayesian Statistics: Computation,
Prediction, and Rationality
8 Engineering Thermodynamics: Prediction and a Merger of Cultures
9 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Prediction—Both Hybrid and Pure
Notes
References
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Technik allgemein
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262548236
ISBN-10: 0262548232
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Johnson, Ann
Lenhard, Johannes
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Johnson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,352 kg
Artikel-ID: 129075661
Über den Autor
Ann Johnson (1965−2016) was Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University.

Johannes Lenhard holds the Heisenberg Professorship in Philosophy in Science and Engineering at Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Hitting the Target With Mathematics: Ballistics and
the Entangled History of Rational and Empirical Modes of Prediction
3 Engineering Knowledge, Autonomy, and Mathematics
4 Epistemology of Iteration: Predicting the Behavior of Molecules
from 1927 to 2000
5 Systems Thinking and the Mainframe Culture of Prediction
6 Code is Fluid: How computational models move and
adapt to new settings and applications
7 A Transformation of Bayesian Statistics: Computation,
Prediction, and Rationality
8 Engineering Thermodynamics: Prediction and a Merger of Cultures
9 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Prediction—Both Hybrid and Pure
Notes
References
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Technik allgemein
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262548236
ISBN-10: 0262548232
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Johnson, Ann
Lenhard, Johannes
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Johnson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,352 kg
Artikel-ID: 129075661
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