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Modelling Experiments

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Professor David Gooding (Nov 1947–Dec 2009), a science historian, and I worked together for many years on the topic of modelling the science process. These models were validated from examples drawn from history. This chapter presents some of these examples.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook

William James,

Principles of Psychology, 1890.

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    Also referred to as surprise

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    As described by Shannon and Weaver, 1964

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Addis, T. (2014). Modelling Experiments. In: Natural and Artificial Reasoning. Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11286-2_5

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