From cosmos to chaos : the science of unpredictability / / Peter Coles
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| Autore: |
Coles Peter
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| Titolo: |
From cosmos to chaos : the science of unpredictability / / Peter Coles
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 216 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 501/.5192 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - Methodology |
| Science - Forecasting | |
| Probabilities | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1. Probable Nature -- 2. The Logic of Uncertainty -- 3. Lies, Damned Lies, and Astronomy -- 4. Bayesians versus Frequentists -- 5. Randomness -- 6. From Engines to Entropy -- 7. Quantum Roulette -- 8. Believing the Big Bang -- 9. Cosmos and its Discontents -- 10. Life, the Universe and Everything -- 11. Summing Up -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book looks at the role of probability in modern science. Using the most exciting developments in fundamental physics as examples, it shows the centrality of uncertainty and incomplete knowledge. Written by an insider, and using non-technical language, it is an attempt to explain how science really works. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From cosmos to chaos |
| ISBN: | 9780191524387 |
| 0191524387 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910967687903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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