MBST and the Nature of Models

Can science really provide us with the ultimate answers to life, the universe, and everything? To answer this question and others, we first have to understand models. What are they? How do they work? Why do we use them? Once we have this background, we will be ready to proceed to a discussion of mental models, and their importance in human thinking. In this chapter, the author defines model.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 10/15/2011Stock # PB299X_1

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