Mathematics continues to serve as a fundamental language through which scientific phenomena are deciphered and understood. Its ability to provide models that not only describe but also explain ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Certain scientific explanations of physical facts have recently been characterized as distinctively mathematical—that is, as mathematical in a ...
Van Fraassen and others have urged that judgements of explanations are relative to why-questions; explanations should be considered good in so far as they effectively answer why-questions. In this ...
Good things come to those who wait – according to a marketing slogan for Heinz ketchup from the 1980s. But why is ketchup so difficult to get out of the bottle? The reason is that ketchup is in two ...
Why do I always seem to be hungry? I often ask myself this question, since I used to be rather fat but lost 50 pounds and would like to keep that weight off. Other people say “I’m full” and calmly ...
The report from MSU's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative is a part of an ongoing look at student achievement following ...
We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The ...
Why do I always seem to be hungry? I often ask myself this question, since I used to be rather fat but lost 50 pounds and would like to keep that weight off. Other people say “I’m full” and calmly ...
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