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Toy Models in Physics and the Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

  • Marzuoli A
Springer Milan, (2008), 49-64
DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0784-0_3
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Toy models in theoretical physics are invented to make simpler the modelling of complex physical systems while preserving at least a few key features of the originals. Sometimes toy models get a life of their own and have the chance of emerging as paradigms. Such an...

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Marzuoli, A. (2008). Toy Models in Physics and the Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics. In Deduction, Computation, Experiment (pp. 49–64). Springer Milan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0784-0_3

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