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 ...

Factorial of 100 - The Factorial of Hundred (100!) is one of the most intriguing concepts in mathematics, representing the ...

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 ...