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I included the model of insect segmentation by von Dassow et al. precisely in order to illustrate the value of "cum-bersome, messy, and ... opaque" models, and as a clear contrast with those models that have traditionally been valued (at least by those coming from the mathe-matical sciences) for their streamlined elegance.

Is Biology Messy? Keller, Evelyn Fox 2003

Before proceeding to explain this somewhat enig-matical conduct of

Off on a Comet 2003

Already in his doctoral dissertation in 1892, Mathe - matical Investigations in the Theory of Value and

Dictionary of the History of Ideas KENNETH J. ARROW 1968

Complementing this work, he applied the mathe - matical learning of the schools, and his humanistic knowledge of Ptolemy and Vitruvius, to problems of surveying, map-making, and the construction of measuring devices and simple machines.

UNIVERSAL MAN JOAN KELLY GADOL 1968

It is notoriously hard to know what was the precise meaning and range of the theory propounded by the founder of the Pythagorean school; but he certainly began the way of thought later fol - lowed by Plato and all mathematical physicists in seeking for a rational system, expressible in mathe - matical concepts, which would unify the multifarious changing appearances presented to the senses.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID FURLEY 1968

Study of the Causes and Origins of War, ed.N. Rashevsky and E. Trucco (Pittsburgh, 1960) are attempts at mathe - matical analysis.

WAR AND MILITARISM THEODORE ROPP 1968

Humboldt, writes, casually, in 1822: “Sanskrit is among the oldest and first to possess a true edifice of gram - matical forms ..., but it is Greek which has undoubt - edly attained the highest perfection of structure.”

LINGUISTICS HENRY M. HOENIGSWALD 1968

This happened early so far as music is concerned: since the Pythagoreans found the mathe - matical laws of acoustic harmony, music has been considered as a branch of knowledge as well as an art.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE ARTS W. TATARKIEWICZ 1968

The systems we have discussed — logical, mathe - matical, physical, metaphysical, ethical, or legal — all have in common a dogmatic character.

AXIOMATIZATION ROBERT BLANCH 1968

The modern debate concerning the nature of modern science and whether it deals with an aspect of reality or simply with models convenient for mathe - matical calculation, debates which have been carried out among such men as E. Meyerson, Cassirer, and

Dictionary of the History of Ideas SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR 1968