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The 15 pages that link to Scientific model, each with the reason it gives.

• Scientific methodRelated: Models make complex explanations precise enough to generate testable predictions.

• MetaphorRelated: Metaphorical models can make unfamiliar scientific processes intelligible while also limiting interpretation.

• Scientific theoryRelated: Models make parts of a theory concrete enough to calculate or test.

• Scientific illustrationNarrower topic: Illustrations often function as visual models rather than literal copies.

• Popular scienceRelated: Models let writers explain complex systems while making simplifications visible.

• Thought experimentNarrower topic: Thought experiments often operate within a model, but need not calculate its outcomes.

• AbstractionRelated: Scientific models omit details to isolate mechanisms and generate testable predictions.

• Mental representationNarrower topic: Scientific models provide a public, constructed counterpart to internal representation.

• Scientific explanationRelated: Models make explanatory relationships explicit while omitting irrelevant details.

• Mental modelCompared with: Scientific models are evaluated and shared explicitly; personal mental models may remain implicit and idiosyncratic.

• Model selectionNarrower topic: Scientific model choice also weighs mechanisms and explanatory aims beyond statistical fit.

• Ceteris paribusNarrower topic: Ceteris paribus assumptions are one way models simplify complex systems.

• Scientific lawRelated: Models often express the conditions and limits under which a law applies.

• Harold JeffreysNarrower topic: Jeffreys’s career shows how a powerful model of Earth can succeed in one respect and fail in another.

• Crystal Palace DinosaursRelated: The figures are physical models that expose the assumptions behind Victorian fossil interpretation.