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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 |
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A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott
| A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
| Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
| ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Tyson Neil deGrasse
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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Thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a dynamical systems approach / / Wassim M. Haddad, VijaySekhar Chellaboina, Sergey G. Nersesov
| Thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a dynamical systems approach / / Wassim M. Haddad, VijaySekhar Chellaboina, Sergey G. Nersesov |
| Autore | Haddad Wassim M. <1961-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChellaboinaVijaySekhar <1970->
NersesovSergey G. <1976-> |
| Collana | Princeton series in applied mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Thermodynamics - Mathematics
Differentiable dynamical systems |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Addition
Adiabatic process Applied mathematics Arthur Eddington Asymmetry Available energy (particle collision) Axiom Balance equation Banach space Boltzmann's entropy formula Brillouin scattering Carnot cycle Classical mechanics Clausius (crater) Compact space Conservation law Conservation of energy Constant of integration Continuous function (set theory) Continuous function Control theory Deformation (mechanics) Derivative Diathermal wall Diffeomorphism Differentiable function Diffusion process Dimension (vector space) Dimension Dissipation Dot product Dynamical system Emergence Energy density Energy level Energy storage Energy Entropy Equation Equations of motion Equilibrium point Equilibrium thermodynamics Equipartition theorem Existential quantification First law of thermodynamics Hamiltonian mechanics Heat capacity Heat death of the universe Heat flux Heat transfer Homeomorphism Hydrogen atom Ideal gas Inequality (mathematics) Infimum and supremum Infinitesimal Initial condition Instant Internal energy Irreversible process Isolated system Kinetic theory of gases Laws of thermodynamics Linear dynamical system Lipschitz continuity Local boundedness Lyapunov function Lyapunov stability Mathematical optimization Mathematics Molecule Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Operator norm Probability Quantity Reversible process (thermodynamics) Second law of thermodynamics Semi-infinite Smoothness State variable State-space representation Statistical mechanics Steady state Summation Supply (economics) Systems theory Temperature Theorem Theoretical physics Theory Thermal conduction Thermal equilibrium Thermodynamic equilibrium Thermodynamic process Thermodynamic state Thermodynamic system Thermodynamic temperature Thermodynamics Time evolution Zeroth law of thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-68015-904-6
1-282-15830-9 9786612158308 1-4008-2697-7 |
| Classificazione | UG 1000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Dynamical System Theory -- Chapter 3. A Systems Foundation for Thermodynamics -- Chapter 4. Temperature Equipartition and the Kinetic Theory of Gases -- Chapter 5. Work, Heat, and the Carnot Cycle -- Chapter 6. Thermodynamic Systems with Linear Energy Exchange -- Chapter 7. Continuum Thermodynamics -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778220303321 |
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Haddad Wassim M. <1961->
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2005 | ||
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