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Applying mathematics : immersion, inference, interpretation

By: Bueno, Otavio.
Contributor(s): French, Steven [aut].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: 1st ed.Description: xvi,257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780198815044.Subject(s): Mathematics | Philosophy | Science | Mathematical physicsDDC classification: 510.1 Summary: How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? Bueno and French offer a new approach to the puzzle of the applicability of mathematics, through a detailed examination of a series of case studies from the history of twentieth-century physics.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? Bueno and French offer a new approach to the puzzle of the applicability of mathematics, through a detailed examination of a series of case studies from the history of twentieth-century physics.

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