The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers
| The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers |
| Autore | Byers William |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
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Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
Algorithm Ambiguity Analogy Approximation Axiom Axiomatic system Basic research Big O notation Calculation Certainty Chaos theory Circumference Computation Concept Conjecture Consciousness Consistency Contingency (philosophy) Continuous function Continuum hypothesis Contradiction Counting David Bohm Dynamism (metaphysics) Emergence Euclidean geometry Explanation Feeling Fermat's Last Theorem Geometry Gestalt psychology Gregory Chaitin Gödel's incompleteness theorems Human behavior Human intelligence Hypothesis Ideology Inference Integer Irrational number Learning Logic Logical reasoning Mathematician Mathematics Measurement Methodology Modernity Molecule Natural number Nature Paradigm shift Paradox Participant Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy Platonism Prediction Principle Probability Pythagoreanism Qualitative property Quantification (science) Quantity Quantum mechanics Randomness Rational number Rationality Real number Reality Reason Reductionism Relationship between religion and science Result Science Scientific method Scientific progress Scientific theory Scientist Self-reference Set theory Special case Subatomic particle Subjectivity Suggestion Technology The Philosopher Theorem Theoretical physics Theory of everything Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Uncertainty Universality (philosophy) Writing |
| ISBN |
1-283-00150-0
9786613001504 1-4008-3815-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty -- 1. The Blind Spot -- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed -- 3. Certainty or Wonder? -- 4. A World in Crisis! -- 5. Ambiguity -- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science -- 7. The Mystery of Number -- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity -- 9. The Still Point -- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781106903321 |
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David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women / Chris Talbot editor
| David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women / Chris Talbot editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020] 00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bohm letters
Bohmian Quantum Mechanics Causality and Chance David Bohm Marxist Philosophy Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Realist interpretation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0184409 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women / Chris Talbot editor
| David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women / Chris Talbot editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020] 81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bohm letters
Bohmian Quantum Mechanics Causality and Chance David Bohm Marxist Philosophy Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Realist interpretation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00184409 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Emergent Quantum Mechanics. David Bohm Centennial Perspectives
| Emergent Quantum Mechanics. David Bohm Centennial Perspectives |
| Autore | Walleczek Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Aharonov-Bohm effect
atom-surface scattering atomic metastable states Bell inequality Bell theorem Bell's theorem Bianchi identity black hole thermodynamics Bohm theory bohmian mechanics Bohmian mechanics Born rule statistics bouncing oil droplets Burgers equation Canonical Presentation commutator complex entropy computational irreducibility conscious agent conspiracy constraints contextuality covariant quantum gravity curvature tensor David Bohm de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics de Broglie-Bohm theory decoherence diffraction diffusion constant discrete calculus Dove prism dynamical chaos emergent quantum gravity emergent quantum mechanics emergent quantum state emergent space-time entropic gravity entropy and time evolution epistemic agent ergodicity Feynman paths fractal geometry fractional velocity free will fundamental irreversibility gauge freedom Gaussian-like solutions generalized Lagrangian paths gravity H-theorem Hamiltonian interior-boundary condition interpretation interpretations interpretations of quantum mechanics iterant Kilmister equation Langevin equation Levi-Civita connection Mach-Zehnder interferometer magnetic deflectometry many interacting worlds matter-wave optics matter-waves measurement problem metrology micro-constituents mind-body problem molecule interference Monte Carlo simulations no-hidden-variables theorems nomology non-locality nonequilibrium thermodynamics nonlocality number theory objective non-signaling constraint observables ontological quantum mechanics operator thermodynamic functions p-adic metric past of the photon photochemistry photon trajectory physical ontology pilot wave pilot-wave theory Poincaré recurrence primitive ontology quantum causality quantum field theory quantum foundations quantum holism quantum inaccessibility quantum mechanics quantum non-equilibrium quantum ontology quantum potential quantum theory quantum thermodynamics relational interpretation of quantum mechanics relational space resonances in quantum systems retrocausality Retrocausation Schrödinger equation self-referential dynamics singular limit space-time fluctuations spin spontaneous state reduction Stern-Gerlach stochastic differential equations Stochastic Electrodynamics stochastic quantum dynamics strong coupling sub-quantum dynamics superdeterminism surrealistic trajectories symplectic camel the causal arrow of time the Friedrichs model time-symmetry toy-models trajectories transition probability amplitude Turing incomputability ultraviolet divergence undecidable dynamics vortical dynamics wavefunction nodes weak measurement weak values zero-point field |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910346839303321 |
Walleczek Jan
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Quantum World : Philosophical Debates on Quantum Physics / Bernard d'Espagnat, Hervé Zwirn editors
| The Quantum World : Philosophical Debates on Quantum Physics / Bernard d'Espagnat, Hervé Zwirn editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 81P05 - General and philosophical questions in quantum theory [MSC 2020] 81P10 - Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) [MSC 2020] 81P15 - Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations [MSC 2020] 00B15 - Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020] 81P40 - Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bell's Theorem
David Bohm EPR Paradox Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Loop quantum gravity Louis de Broglie Pilot-Wave Theory Quantum Causality Quantum Entanglement Quantum Gravity Quantum Measurements Quantum Nonlocality Quantum decoherence Relational quantum mechanics Schrödinger's cat |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0193089 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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The Quantum World : Philosophical Debates on Quantum Physics / Bernard d'Espagnat, Hervé Zwirn editors
| The Quantum World : Philosophical Debates on Quantum Physics / Bernard d'Espagnat, Hervé Zwirn editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]
00B15 - Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020] 81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020] 81P05 - General and philosophical questions in quantum theory [MSC 2020] 81P10 - Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) [MSC 2020] 81P15 - Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations [MSC 2020] 81P40 - Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bell's Theorem
David Bohm EPR Paradox Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Loop quantum gravity Louis de Broglie Pilot-Wave Theory Quantum Causality Quantum Entanglement Quantum Gravity Quantum Measurements Quantum Nonlocality Quantum decoherence Relational quantum mechanics Schrödinger's cat |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00193089 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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