An Instrument for What? Digital Computers, Simulation and Scientific Practice (2010)
Parker, Wendy S. (Author)
Spontaneous Generations
Volume: 4
Pages: 39--44
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture”
Language: English
As a device used by scientists in the course of performing research, the digital computer might be considered a scientific instrument. But if so, what is it an instrument for? This paper explores a number of answers to this question, focusing on the use of computers in a simulating mode.
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