Idealization and modeling

Synthese

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-446

  Batterman, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Explanation; Fluid dynamics; Idealizations; Models; Molecular dynamics; Scaling; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650486506     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9436-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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