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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  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011
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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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910554222803321
Tyson Neil deGrasse  
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
Haddad Wassim M. <1961->  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2005
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