Re:A Physicist Solves the City
by p_nathan on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:27PM
(#2019923)
Unfortunately, yes, sorta.
What most science is about is building a mathematical model of the thing under description.
As software engineers, we know that models and other abstractions break down around the edges, especially when the abstractions leak.
No difference in scientific models. Just because he has a PhD in physics and a white coat doesn't mean that his models (in physics) aren't just as leaky as a software model. His are just better-defined.
What most science is about is building a mathematical model of the thing under description.
As software engineers, we know that models and other abstractions break down around the edges, especially when the abstractions leak.
No difference in scientific models. Just because he has a PhD in physics and a white coat doesn't mean that his models (in physics) aren't just as leaky as a software model. His are just better-defined.