Mathematical explanations of the rainbow

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.11.003zbMath1228.78024OpenAlexW2062637673MaRDI QIDQ652839

Christopher Pincock

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.11.003

zbMATH Keywords

rainbowexplanationinference to the best explanationasymptotic reasoning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topics in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A99)

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