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Mathematization Of Nature

Mathematization of Nature is the foundational epistemological paradigm in the Scientific Revolution that postulates nature’s laws as inherently mathematical, distinguishing it from qualitative or animistic frameworks by asserting that physical phenomena are best understood through quantifiable relationships expressed in mathematical form.

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165

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2017–2026

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131

The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. Richard courant lecture in mathematical sciences delivered at New York University, May 11, 1959

E. P. Wigner · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics · 1960 · 1.5K citations

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Elements of Mathematical Biology

Herbert A. Simon, Alfred J. Lotka · Econometrica · 1959 · 1.4K citations

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<i>The Mathematics of Physics and Chemistry</i>

Henry Margenau, George M. Murphy, V. Twersky · Physics Today · 1957 · 838 citations

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The principia: mathematical principles of natural philosophy

Ian G. Stewart · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A · 2004 · 784 citations

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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

J J MacMahon · Philosophical Studies · 1965 · 373 citations

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Authors

165

  1. NR
    N. Rashevsky

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 374 citations

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  2. IS
    I. S. Sokolnikoff

    2 publications · 650 citations

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  3. SJ
    Steve J. Heims

    Hastings Center, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  4. RM
    R. M. Redheffer

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 650 citations

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  5. AJ
    Alfred J. Lotka

    MetLife (United States), United States

    1 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

87

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    406 citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    119 citations

  3. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  4. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  5. Illinois Institute of Technology

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    142 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 15 publications · 905 citations

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  2. Physics Today

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Nature

    4 publications · 235 citations

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  5. The British Journal for the History of Science

    BJHS · 3 publications · 123 citations

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