Scientific models and fictional objects

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Natural Sciences, Physics, Atomic Physics +9

Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach.

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Education, Psychology, Science Education +12

The strategy of model-based science

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Engineering, Science Education, Model-based Systems Engineering +11

A comparison of the meaning and uses of models in mathematics and the empirical sciences

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Humanities, Mathematics, Mathematics Education +11

Models and Representation

R. I. G. Hughes · Philosophy of Science · 1997 · 460 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Dynamical Systems +12