Mathematical representations in science: A cognitive-historical case history

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 758-776

  Tweney, Ryan D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive historical analysis; Expertise; Imagery; James Clerk Maxwell; Long term working memory; Mathematical cognition; Michael Faraday; Psychology of science; Representation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICS; PERSONNEL; PHYSICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE;

EID: 79957641222     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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