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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 |
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Determinism and Free Will : New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology / Fabio Scardigli … [et al.]]
| Determinism and Free Will : New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology / Fabio Scardigli … [et al.]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 119 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 00-XX - General and overarching topics; collections [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics
Essence of Nihilism Free will and determinism Free-will theorem Physics and free will Physics meets Theology Reality of the "becoming" Theory of everything |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0215427 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Determinism and Free Will : New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology / Fabio Scardigli … [et al.]]
| Determinism and Free Will : New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology / Fabio Scardigli … [et al.]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 119 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
00-XX - General and overarching topics; collections [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics
Essence of Nihilism Free will and determinism Free-will theorem Physics and free will Physics meets Theology Reality of the "becoming" Theory of everything |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00215427 |
| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Elements and Relations : Aspects of a Scientific Metaphysics / Martin Zwick
| Elements and Relations : Aspects of a Scientific Metaphysics / Martin Zwick |
| Autore | Zwick, Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 702 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Complex Systems
Mathematical and scientific metaphysics Philosophy of Science Systems Theory Systems engineering Systems philosophy Systems science Theory of everything Transdisciplinary science systems analysis |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00278787 |
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Zwick, Martin
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| Cham, : Springer, 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics / Alexander S. Blum
| Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics / Alexander S. Blum |
| Autore | Blum, Alexander S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 66 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]
01A60 - History of mathematics in the 20th century [MSC 2020] 81P10 - Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Failure in Science
German Physics after World War II Heisenberg and Pauli History of Quantum Field Theory History of physics Non-Empirical Theory Assessment Non-linear spinor theory Particle and Quantum Physics Philosophy of Physics Post-Empirical Physics Theory of everything Unified field theory Weltformel Heisenberg World Formula |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0216057 |
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Blum, Alexander S.
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| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics / Alexander S. Blum
| Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics / Alexander S. Blum |
| Autore | Blum, Alexander S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 66 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
01A60 - History of mathematics in the 20th century [MSC 2020]
81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020] 81P10 - Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Failure in Science
German Physics after World War II Heisenberg and Pauli History of Quantum Field Theory History of physics Non-Empirical Theory Assessment Non-linear spinor theory Particle and Quantum Physics Philosophy of Physics Post-Empirical Physics Theory of everything Unified field theory Weltformel Heisenberg World Formula |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00216057 |
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Blum, Alexander S.
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| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Saint Joan of New York : a Novel About God and String Theory / Mark Alpert
| Saint Joan of New York : a Novel About God and String Theory / Mark Alpert |
| Autore | Alpert, Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 232 p. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 00-XX - General and overarching topics; collections [MSC 2020] 81Txx - Quantum field theory; related classical field theories [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Belief vs. evidence
Calabi-Yau manifolds Extra dimensions Fine-structure constant Joan of Arc Math prodigy Proof of God? Religious revelation Saint Joan String Theory Theory of everything |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0218430 |
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Alpert, Mark
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| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Saint Joan of New York : a Novel About God and String Theory / Mark Alpert
| Saint Joan of New York : a Novel About God and String Theory / Mark Alpert |
| Autore | Alpert, Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 232 p. ; 24 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
00-XX - General and overarching topics; collections [MSC 2020]
00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020] 01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020] 81Txx - Quantum field theory; related classical field theories [MSC 2020] |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Belief vs. evidence
Calabi-Yau manifolds Extra dimensions Fine-structure constant Joan of Arc Math prodigy Proof of God? Religious revelation Saint Joan String Theory Theory of everything |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Titolo uniforme | |
| Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN00218430 |
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Alpert, Mark
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| Cham, : Springer, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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