Mathematics continues to serve as a fundamental language through which scientific phenomena are deciphered and understood. Its ability to provide models that not only describe but also explain ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Certain scientific explanations of physical facts have recently been characterized as distinctively mathematical—that is, as mathematical in a ...

Van Fraassen and others have urged that judgements of explanations are relative to why-questions; explanations should be considered good in so far as they effectively answer why-questions. In this ...

Scientists have found an elegant explanation for the long-standing Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) problem, first proposed in 1953, investigated with one of the world’s first digital computers, and now ...

Why do I always seem to be hungry? I often ask myself this question, since I used to be rather fat but lost 50 pounds and would like to keep that weight off. Other people say “I’m full” and calmly ...

Troy, N.Y. - A team of researchers, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Yuri Lvov, has found an elegant explanation for the long-standing Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) problem, first proposed ...