The promise and limits of computer modeling - Blilie, Charles L. (Singapore : World Scientific, 2007)
1. The jade mountain -- 2. What are models? -- 3. The modeling process -- 4. An object-oriented universe -- 5. The crossroads of theory and experiment -- 6. Modeling the appearances -- 7. Laplace's mirage or the impossibility of the exact calculation of the world -- 8. Climates of fact -- 9. Calculating war and peace -- 10. From the past into the future: is historical simulation possible? -- 11. Virtual reality...and reality
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Celestial mechanics -- Computer simulation; Computer simulation; Virtual reality