The present volume is the second in a two-volume set dealing with
modelling and numerical simulations in electrochemistry. Emphasis is
placed on the aspect of nanoelectrochemical issues. It seems appropriate
at this juncture to mention the n- growing body of opinion in some
circles that George Box was right when he stated, three decades ago,
that "All models are wrong, but some are useful". Actually, when the
statement itself was made it would have been more appropriate to say
that "All models are inaccurate but most are useful nonetheless". At
present, however, the statement, as it was made, is far more appropriate
and closer to the facts than ever before. Currently, we are in the midst
of the age of massively abundant data. Today's philosophy seems to be
that we do not need to know why one piece of information is better than
another except through the statistics of incoming and outgoing links
between information and this is good enough. It is why, both in
principle and in practice, one can translate between two languages,
without knowledge of either. While none of this can be ignored, and it
may even be true that "All models are wrong and increasingly you can
succeed without them" the traditional approach of scienti?c modelling is
still the order of the day. That approach may be stated as hypothesize -
measure - model - test. It is in this light that the present volume
should be viewed.
