Michael Weisberg, “Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World” (Oxford UP, 2013)
Jan 15, 2014
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In 1956 and 1957, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided to test a plan to dam up the San Francisco Bay in order to protect its water supply: they built a 1.5 acre model of the Bay area in a warehouse, with hydraulic pumps to simulate tides and river...