Simplicity out of Complexity? Physics and the Aims of Science

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1. Original Research

   Organizational complexity in big science: strategies and practices

   Martina Merz, Helene Sorgner Article:211

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2. EditorialNotes

   Introduction: Simplicity out of complexity? Physics and the aims of science

   Florian J. Boge, Miguel-Ángel Carretero-Sahuquillo, Paul Grünke, Martin King Article:116

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3. Original Research

   Functionspaces, simplicity and curve fitting

   Thomas Bonk Article:58

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   Simplicity out of Complexity? Physics and the Aims of Science

   Theoretical virtues and theorizing in physics: against the instrumentalist view of simplicity

   Mousa Mohammadian Pages 4819-4828

5. Simplicity out of Complexity

   Simplicity of what? A case study from generative linguistics

   Giulia Terzian, María Inés Corbalán Pages 9427-9452

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   Original Research

   The value of vague ideas in the development of the periodic system of chemical elements

   Thomas Vogt Pages 10587-10614

7. Original Research

   Between mechanical clocks and emergent flocks: complexities in biology

   Fridolin Gross Pages 12073-12102

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8. Original Research

   The mirror of physics: on how the Price equation can unify evolutionary biology

   Victor J. Luque, Lorenzo Baravalle Pages 12439-12462

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9. Original Research

   Reflex theory, cautionary tale: misleading simplicity in early neuroscience

   M. Chirimuuta Pages 12731-12751

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10. Original Research

    Feynman diagrams

    Robert Harlander Pages 15087-15111

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