Reinhold Kliegl
Publisher
De Gruyter Akademie Forschung
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Academic publishing has been changing dramatically. The key aspects of this transformation are digitalization, economization, the concentration of the publishing industry, the introduction of performance indicators, and the development of open access models. This volume compiles relevant research findings of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences working group "Future of academic communication systems."
Die Welt des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Modern science is, to a large extent, a model-building activity. But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which role do computer simulations play here? These questions have kept philosophers of science busy for many years, and much work has been done to identify modeling as the central activity of theoretical science. At the same time, these questions have been...