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The Devil in the Details: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence
Author(s): Robert W. Batterman (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 15 May 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 156 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195314883
- ISBN-13: 9780195314885
Book Description
Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He maintains that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behavior. With clarity and rigor, he simplifies complex questions about universal behavior, demonstrating a profound understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a valuable new method that is certain to fill explanatory gaps across disciplines.
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Book Description
Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of what physicists call universal behavior, as well as of the scientific process as a whole.
