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Ways of Thinking, Ways of Seeing - Mathematical and other Modelling in Engineering and Technology (Hardcover, 2012)
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Ways of Thinking, Ways of Seeing - Mathematical and other Modelling in Engineering and Technology (Hardcover, 2012)
Series: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services, 1
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This fascinating book examines some of the characteristics of
technological/engineering models that are likely to be unfamiliar
to those who are interested primarily in the history and philosophy
of science and mathematics, and which differentiate technological
models from scientific and mathematical ones. Themes that are
highlighted include:
the role of language: the models developed for engineering design
have resulted in new ways of talking about technological systems
communities of practice: related to the previous point, particular
engineering communities have particular ways of sharing and
developing knowledge
graphical (re)presentation: engineers have developed many ways of
reducing quite complex mathematical models to more simple
representations
reification: highly abstract mathematical models are turned into
'objects' that can be manipulated almost like components of a
physical system
machines: not only the currently ubiquitous digital computer, but
also older analogue devices - slide rules, physical models, wind
tunnels and other small-scale simulators, as well as mechanical,
electrical and electronic analogue computers
mathematics and modelling as a bridging tool between disciplines
This book studies primarily modelling in technological practice. It
is worth noting that models of the type considered in the book are
not always highly valued in formal engineering education at
university level, which often takes an "applied science" approach
close to that of the natural sciences (something that can result in
disaffection on the part of students). Yet in an informal context,
such as laboratories, industrial placements, and so on, a very
different situation obtains. A number of chapters considers such
epistemological aspects, as well as the status of different types
of models within the engineering education community.
The book will be of interest to practising engineers and
technologists; sociologists of science and technology; and
historians and philosophers of science and mathematics. It will
also be written in a way that will be accessible to
non-specialists."
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