Computer simulations and experiments: the case of the Higgs boson

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2015.06.003MaRDI QIDQ493035zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michela Massimi, Wahid Bhimji

Publication date 11 September 2015

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/19958294/Simulation_and_experiments_final_SHPMP1_accepted.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

simulationsHiggs bosonexperimentsGiereMorganMorrison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) General theory of simulation (00A72) Physics (00A79) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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