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→Analogical thinking: Strong examples from the history of science
* William Harvey reasoned by analogy to mechanical pumps when describing the heart's function, which allowed him to correctly deduce that blood circulates rather than being continuously produced and consumed.
* William Harvey reasoned by analogy to mechanical pumps when describing the heart's function, which allowed him to correctly deduce that blood circulates rather than being continuously produced and consumed.
Shannon's information theory was built partly by analogy to thermodynamic entropy — recognizing that information uncertainty and physical disorder shared a common mathematical structure.
* Shannon's information theory was built partly by analogy to thermodynamic entropy — recognizing that information uncertainty and physical disorder shared a common mathematical structure.
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