A comparison of the meaning and uses of models in mathematics and the empirical sciences
โ Scribed by Patrick Suppes
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1960
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 888 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-7857
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