1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460100603321

Autore

Kellert Stephen H

Titolo

In the wake of chaos [[electronic resource] ] : unpredictable order in dynamical systems / / Stephen H. Kellert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993

ISBN

1-283-05831-6

9786613058317

0-226-42982-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Science and its conceptual foundations

Disciplina

003/.7

Soggetti

Chaotic behavior in systems

Science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. What Is Chaos Theory? -- 2. Varieties of the Impossible -- 3. Unpeeling the Layers of Determinism -- 4. On the Way to Dynamic Understanding -- 5. Beyond the Clockwork Hegemony -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention. What began as the discovery of randomness in simple physical systems has become a widespread fascination with "chaotic" models of everything from business cycles to brainwaves to heart attacks. But what exactly does this explosion of new research into chaotic phenomena mean for our understanding of the world? In this timely book, Stephen Kellert takes the first sustained look at the broad intellectual and philosophical questions raised by recent advances in chaos theory-its implications for science as a source of knowledge and for the very meaning of that knowledge itself.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953390203321

Autore

Eisgruber Christopher L

Titolo

Religious freedom and the constitution / / Christopher L. Eisgruber, Lawrence G. Sager

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

9780674034457

0674034457

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SagerLawrence G

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Freedom of religion - United States

Church and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Separation and its cousins -- Equal liberty -- The exemptions puzzle -- Ten Commandments, three plastic reindeer, and one nation...indivisible -- God in the classroom -- Public dollars, religious programs -- Legislative responsibility for religious freedom.

Sommario/riassunto

Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. Religious Freedom and the Constitution offers practical, moderate, and appealing terms for the settlement of many hot-button issues that have plunged religious freedom into controversy. It calls Americans back to the project of finding fair terms of cooperation for a religiously diverse people, and it offers a valuable set of tools for working toward that end.