Seeing for knowing: The thomas effect and computational science

Thinking Machines and the Philosophy of Computer Science: Concepts and Principles

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 280-293

  Vallverdú, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-014-2.ch017     Document Type: Chapter

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