01490nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000062049 StDuBDS 20150804193924.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120302s2012 nyu fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199932313 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS Q175.32.M38 P56 2012 501.51 23 Pincock, Christopher. Mathematics and scientific representation [electronic resource] / Christopher Pincock. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. Oxford studies in the philosophy of science Mathematics plays a central role in much of contemporary science, but philosophers have struggled to understand what this role is or how significant it might be for mathematics and science. Pincock tackles this perennial question by asking how mathematics contributes to the success of our best scientific representations. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Science Mathematics. Science Methodology. Print version 9780199757107 Oxford studies in the philosophy of science. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199757107.001.0001 36868 36868