MODELS AND ANALOGY: HOMOLOGIES, REPRESENTATIONS, EMBODIMENTS AND REPRODUCTIONS 1
Résumé
Models are of central importance in many scientific contexts. The centrality of models such as the billiard ball model of a gas, the Bohr atom model, the MIT bag model of the nucleon, the MIT Gaussian chain model of a polymer, the Lorenz atmosphere model, the Gaussian Lorenz atmosphere model, the Lotka-Volterra predatorprey interaction model, the DNA double helix model, agent and evolutionary models in the social sciences and general equilibrium models of markets are, in their respective domains, in their respective domains, examples of this. Scientists spend a great deal of time building, testing, comparing and revising models, and much space is devoted in journals to introducing, applying and interpreting these valuable tools. In short, models are one of the main tools of modern science.
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