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The relationship between different approaches to the same phenomenon

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Under the heading of similar relationships between variables, the previous chapter reconciled some phenomena which appeared at first sight to be different. In a complementary manner, this chapter will go into the theme of links: here we are dealing with a single phenomenon, or context at least, bringing our thoughts together. This will involve different approaches, especially in terms of the scale of the description used: macroscopic, mesoscopic, or even particle-based. Once again, the example will be taken from everyday life and the physics simple.

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Viennot, L. (2014). The relationship between different approaches to the same phenomenon. In: Thinking in Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8666-9_6

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