Browsing Philosophy of Science by Type "Book chapter"

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    • Experimentation on analogue models 

      Sterrett, Susan G. (2015-05-31)
      Analogue models are actual physical setups used to model something else. They are especially useful when what we wish to investigate is difficult to observe or experiment upon due to size or distance in space or time: ...

    • Physically similar systems: A history of the concept 

      Sterrett, Susan G. (Springer, 2017)
      The concept of similar systems arose in physics, and appears to have originated with Newton in the seventeenth century. This chapter provides a critical history of the concept of physically similar systems, the twentieth ...

    • Similarity and dimensional analysis 

      Sterrett, Susan G. (Elsevier/North-Holland, 2009)
      The importance of similarity in comprehending things and reasoning about them was recognized before the time of Plato. Similarity continues to be important in philosophy, science, and technology to this day. The historical ...