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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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Diffusion, quantum theory, and radically elementary mathematics / / edited by William G. Faris
| Diffusion, quantum theory, and radically elementary mathematics / / edited by William G. Faris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.15 |
| Collana | Mathematical Notes |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Diffusion Quantum theory |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Affine space
Algebra Axiom Bell's theorem Brownian motion Central limit theorem Classical mathematics Classical mechanics Clifford algebra Combinatorial proof Commutative property Constructive quantum field theory Continuum hypothesis David Hilbert Dimension (vector space) Discrete mathematics Distribution (mathematics) Eigenfunction Equation Euclidean space Experimental mathematics Fermi–Dirac statistics Feynman–Kac formula First-order logic Fokker–Planck equation Foundations of mathematics Fractal dimension Gaussian process Girsanov theorem Gödel's incompleteness theorems Hilbert space Hilbert's program Holomorphic function Infinitesimal Integer Internal set theory Interval (mathematics) Limit (mathematics) Mathematical induction Mathematical optimization Mathematical physics Mathematical proof Mathematician Mathematics Measurable function Measure (mathematics) Minkowski space Natural number Neo-Riemannian theory Non-standard analysis Number theory Operator algebra Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Orthonormal basis Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) Philosophy of mathematics Predicate (mathematical logic) Probability measure Probability space Probability theory Probability Projection (linear algebra) Pure mathematics Pythagorean theorem Quantum field theory Quantum fluctuation Quantum gravity Quantum harmonic oscillator Quantum mechanics Quantum system Quantum teleportation Random variable Real number Renormalization group Renormalization Riemann mapping theorem Riemann surface Riemannian geometry Riemannian manifold Schrödinger equation Scientific notation Set (mathematics) Sign (mathematics) Sobolev inequality Special relativity Spectral theorem Spin (physics) Statistical mechanics Stochastic calculus Stochastic differential equation Tensor algebra Theorem Theoretical physics Theory Turing machine Variable (mathematics) Von Neumann algebra Wiener process Wightman axioms Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory |
| ISBN | 1-4008-6525-5 |
| Classificazione | 33.65 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction: Diffusive Motion and Where It Leads / Faris, William G. -- Chapter Two. Hypercontractivity, Logarithmic Sobolev Inequalities, and Applications: A Survey of Surveys / Gross, Leonard -- Chapter Three. Ed Nelson's Work in Quantum Theory / Simon, Barry -- Chapter Four Symanzik, Nelson, and Self-Avoiding Walk / Brydges, David C. -- Chapter Five. Stochastic Mechanics: A Look Back and a Look Ahead / Carlen, Eric -- Chapter Six. Current Trends in Optimal Transportation: A Tribute to Ed Nelson / Villani, Cédric -- Chapter Seven. Internal Set Theory and Infinitesimal Random Walks / Lawler, Gregory F. -- Chapter Eight. Nelson's Work on Logic and Foundations and Other Reflections on the Foundations of Mathematics / Buss, Samuel R. -- Chapter Nine. Some Musical Groups: Selected Applications of Group Theory in Music / Hook, Julian -- Chapter Ten. Afterword / Nelson, Edward -- Appendix A. Publications by Edward Nelson -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786749603321 |
| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diffusion, quantum theory, and radically elementary mathematics / / edited by William G. Faris
| Diffusion, quantum theory, and radically elementary mathematics / / edited by William G. Faris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.15 |
| Collana | Mathematical Notes |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Diffusion Quantum theory |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Affine space
Algebra Axiom Bell's theorem Brownian motion Central limit theorem Classical mathematics Classical mechanics Clifford algebra Combinatorial proof Commutative property Constructive quantum field theory Continuum hypothesis David Hilbert Dimension (vector space) Discrete mathematics Distribution (mathematics) Eigenfunction Equation Euclidean space Experimental mathematics Fermi–Dirac statistics Feynman–Kac formula First-order logic Fokker–Planck equation Foundations of mathematics Fractal dimension Gaussian process Girsanov theorem Gödel's incompleteness theorems Hilbert space Hilbert's program Holomorphic function Infinitesimal Integer Internal set theory Interval (mathematics) Limit (mathematics) Mathematical induction Mathematical optimization Mathematical physics Mathematical proof Mathematician Mathematics Measurable function Measure (mathematics) Minkowski space Natural number Neo-Riemannian theory Non-standard analysis Number theory Operator algebra Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Orthonormal basis Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) Philosophy of mathematics Predicate (mathematical logic) Probability measure Probability space Probability theory Probability Projection (linear algebra) Pure mathematics Pythagorean theorem Quantum field theory Quantum fluctuation Quantum gravity Quantum harmonic oscillator Quantum mechanics Quantum system Quantum teleportation Random variable Real number Renormalization group Renormalization Riemann mapping theorem Riemann surface Riemannian geometry Riemannian manifold Schrödinger equation Scientific notation Set (mathematics) Sign (mathematics) Sobolev inequality Special relativity Spectral theorem Spin (physics) Statistical mechanics Stochastic calculus Stochastic differential equation Tensor algebra Theorem Theoretical physics Theory Turing machine Variable (mathematics) Von Neumann algebra Wiener process Wightman axioms Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory |
| ISBN | 1-4008-6525-5 |
| Classificazione | 33.65 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction: Diffusive Motion and Where It Leads / Faris, William G. -- Chapter Two. Hypercontractivity, Logarithmic Sobolev Inequalities, and Applications: A Survey of Surveys / Gross, Leonard -- Chapter Three. Ed Nelson's Work in Quantum Theory / Simon, Barry -- Chapter Four Symanzik, Nelson, and Self-Avoiding Walk / Brydges, David C. -- Chapter Five. Stochastic Mechanics: A Look Back and a Look Ahead / Carlen, Eric -- Chapter Six. Current Trends in Optimal Transportation: A Tribute to Ed Nelson / Villani, Cédric -- Chapter Seven. Internal Set Theory and Infinitesimal Random Walks / Lawler, Gregory F. -- Chapter Eight. Nelson's Work on Logic and Foundations and Other Reflections on the Foundations of Mathematics / Buss, Samuel R. -- Chapter Nine. Some Musical Groups: Selected Applications of Group Theory in Music / Hook, Julian -- Chapter Ten. Afterword / Nelson, Edward -- Appendix A. Publications by Edward Nelson -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811911703321 |
| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to Mathematical Logic (PMS-13), Volume 13 / / Alonzo Church
| Introduction to Mathematical Logic (PMS-13), Volume 13 / / Alonzo Church |
| Autore | Church Alonzo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 pages) |
| Disciplina | 511.3 |
| Collana | Princeton Mathematical Series |
| Soggetto topico | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Abstract algebra
Acta Mathematica Arithmetic Axiom of choice Axiom of infinity Axiom of reducibility Axiom schema Axiom Axiomatic system Binary function Boolean algebra (structure) Boolean ring Calculus ratiocinator Characterization (mathematics) Class (set theory) Classical mathematics Commutative property Commutative ring Conditional disjunction David Hilbert Decision problem Deduction theorem Denotation Disjunctive syllogism Double negation Duality (mathematics) Elementary algebra Elementary arithmetic English alphabet Equation Existential quantification Expression (mathematics) Formation rule Frege (programming language) Function (mathematics) Functional calculus Fundamenta Mathematicae Gödel numbering Gödel's completeness theorem Gödel's incompleteness theorems Hilbert's program Hypothetical syllogism Imperative logic Inference Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Lambda calculus Linear differential equation Logic Logical connective Logical disjunction Material implication (rule of inference) Mathematical analysis Mathematical induction Mathematical logic Mathematical notation Mathematical practice Mathematical problem Mathematical theory Mathematics Mathematische Zeitschrift Metatheorem Modal logic Modus ponendo tollens Natural number Naturalness (physics) Negation Notation Number theory Object language Parity (mathematics) Predicate (mathematical logic) Prenex normal form Principia Mathematica Propositional calculus Propositional function Propositional variable Quantifier (logic) Range (mathematics) Real number Recursion (computer science) Restriction (mathematics) Riemann surface Ring (mathematics) Rule of inference Scientific notation Second-order arithmetic Series (mathematics) Sign (mathematics) Skolem normal form Special case Tautology (logic) Term logic The Principles of Mathematics Theorem Three-dimensional space (mathematics) Transfinite number Triviality (mathematics) Truth table Variable (mathematics) Zermelo set theory |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8145-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Propositional Calculus -- II. The Propositional Calculus (Continued) -- III. Functional Calculi of First Order -- IV. The Pure Functional Calculus of First Order -- V. Functional Calculi of Second Order -- Index of Definitions -- Index of Authors -- Errata |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154754303321 |
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Church Alonzo
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Theory of Formal Systems. (AM-47), Volume 47 / / Raymond M. Smullyan
| Theory of Formal Systems. (AM-47), Volume 47 / / Raymond M. Smullyan |
| Autore | Smullyan Raymond M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 511.33 |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Recursive functions
Metamathematics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Addition
Algebraic geometry Alonzo Church Arithmetic function Arithmetic Atomic sentence Axiom A. Axiom schema Axiom Axiomatic system Binary relation Cantor's diagonal argument Cartesian product Characterization (mathematics) Chinese remainder theorem Closed-form expression Closure (mathematics) Combination Combinatory logic Complement (set theory) Concatenation theory Consistency Constructive proof Corollary Countable set Counterexample Decidability (logic) Decision problem Definable set Diagonalization Direct proof Disjoint sets Enumeration Equation Existential quantification Exponential function Finite set Formal system Functional calculus Gödel numbering Gödel's incompleteness theorems Herbrand's theorem Inference Integer factorization Iteration John Myhill Logical connective Logical consequence Mathematical induction Mathematical logic Mathematician Mathematics Metamathematics Modus ponens Natural number Negation Number theory Order theory Parity (mathematics) Peano axioms Predicate (mathematical logic) Prenex normal form Primitive recursive function Quantifier (logic) Recursion Recursive set Recursively enumerable set Remainder Requirement Rule of inference Scientific notation Sequence Set (mathematics) Sign (mathematics) Special case Subset Suggestion System U. Theorem Theory Transfinite number Turing machine Universal set Validity Variable (mathematics) Zermelo set theory |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8200-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS STUDIES -- CHAPTER I: FORMAL MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER II: FORMAL REPRESENTABILITY AND RECURSIVE ENUMERABILITY -- CHAPTER III: INCOMPLETENESS -AND UNDECIDABILITY -- CHAPTER IV: RECURSIVE FUNCTION THEORY -- CHAPTER V: CREATIVITY AND EFFECTIVE INSEPARABILITY -- SUPPLEMENT: APPLICATIONS TO MATHEMATICAL LOGIC -- REFERENCE AND BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154750903321 |
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Smullyan Raymond M.
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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