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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) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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 |
Byers William
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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-9910822780703321 |
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Byers William
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| 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 electronic resource (544 p.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
non-locality
ultraviolet divergence constraints Kilmister equation bohmian mechanics epistemic agent Bohmian mechanics relational space Feynman paths Langevin equation quantum causality emergent quantum gravity quantum ontology interpretations emergent quantum state undecidable dynamics molecule interference emergent quantum mechanics no-hidden-variables theorems mind–body problem physical ontology quantum foundations matter-wave optics conscious agent diffusion constant Bell theorem Burgers equation objective non-signaling constraint self-referential dynamics Bell inequality interpretation photochemistry Born rule statistics sub-quantum dynamics dynamical chaos weak measurement p-adic metric Levi-Civita connection David Bohm H-theorem the causal arrow of time strong coupling vortical dynamics fundamental irreversibility magnetic deflectometry quantum thermodynamics de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics wavefunction nodes stochastic quantum dynamics entropic gravity metrology Schrödinger equation gauge freedom Monte Carlo simulations micro-constituents nonequilibrium thermodynamics Bell’s theorem emergent space-time spin quantum field theory time-symmetry Gaussian-like solutions Hamiltonian number theory fractional velocity ergodicity fractal geometry atomic metastable states operator thermodynamic functions Canonical Presentation Retrocausation interpretations of quantum mechanics Bohm theory quantum mechanics zero-point field conspiracy pilot wave quantum holism toy-models curvature tensor Aharonov–Bohm effect computational irreducibility Stochastic Electrodynamics diffraction retrocausality resonances in quantum systems stochastic differential equations Bianchi identity past of the photon commutator relational interpretation of quantum mechanics free will nomology trajectories primitive ontology Mach–Zehnder interferometer weak values singular limit interior-boundary condition Poincaré recurrence quantum inaccessibility symplectic camel surrealistic trajectories observables Stern-Gerlach decoherence quantum non-equilibrium generalized Lagrangian paths superdeterminism black hole thermodynamics nonlocality measurement problem entropy and time evolution bouncing oil droplets spontaneous state reduction quantum theory many interacting worlds complex entropy Turing incomputability iterant space-time fluctuations quantum potential ontological quantum mechanics photon trajectory Dove prism the Friedrichs model contextuality discrete calculus transition probability amplitude gravity pilot-wave theory matter-waves de Broglie-Bohm theory covariant quantum gravity atom-surface scattering de Broglie–Bohm theory |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910346839303321 |
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Walleczek Jan
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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