Measuring and reasoning : numerical inference in the sciences /
In Reasoning and Measuring, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument. Abduction is the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings tha...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Evans: Library Stacks
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QA277 .B66 2014 |
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