Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems
(Part of the Computational Models of Cognition and Perception Series)
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Complex machines are used, understood and repaired by people with essentially no formal training in physics and engineering-although the design and manufacture of such machines requires a deep knowledge of these subjects, and advanced mathematical reasoning. How is this possible? The way people understand these devices, the conceptual frameworks or "mental models" which they use, must be different from the differential equation based descriptions...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262022184
ISBN13:9780262022187
Release Date:May 1985
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:495 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
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