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The best writing on mathematics 2013 / / Mircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by Roger Penrose
The best writing on mathematics 2013 / / Mircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by Roger Penrose
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina 510
Altri autori (Persone) PiticiMircea
Collana The Best Writing on Mathematics
Soggetto topico Mathematics
Soggetto non controllato 2020 Nobel Prize in physics
2020 Nobel laureates in physics
2020 Nobel laureates
Albert Einstein
Andrea Ghez
Einstein
Reinhard Genzel
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
black holes
general relativity
general theory of relativity
relativity
ISBN 1-4008-4799-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Penrose, Roger -- Introduction / Pitici, Mircea -- The Prospects for Mathematics in a Multimedia Civilization / Davis, Philip J. -- Fearful Symmetry / Stewart, Ian -- E pluribus unum: From Complexity, Universality / Tao, Terence -- Degrees of Separation / Goth, Gregory -- Randomness / Seife, Charles -- Randomness in Music / Knuth, Donald E. -- Playing the Odds / Johnson, Soren -- Machines of the Infinite / Pavlus, John -- Bridges, String Art, and Bézier Curves / Gross, Renan -- Slicing a Cone for Art and Science / Silver, Daniel S. -- High Fashion Meets Higher Mathematics / Delp, Kelly -- The Jordan Curve Theorem Is Nontrivial / Ross, Fiona / Ross, William T. -- Why Mathematics? What Mathematics? / Sfard, Anna -- Math Anxiety: Who Has It, Why It Develops, and How to Guard against It / Maloney, Erin A. / Beilock, Sian L. -- How Old Are the Platonic Solids? / Lloyd, David R. -- Early Modern Mathematical Instruments / Bennett, Jim -- A Revolution in Mathematics? What Really Happened a Century Ago and Why It Matters Today / Quinn, Frank -- Errors of Probability in Historical Context / Gorroochurn, Prakash -- The End of Probability / Ayache, Elie -- An abc Proof Too Tough Even for Mathematicians / Hartnett, Kevin -- Contributors -- Notable Texts -- Acknowledgments -- Credits
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The best writing on mathematics 2013 / / Mircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by Roger Penrose
The best writing on mathematics 2013 / / Mircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by Roger Penrose
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina 510
Altri autori (Persone) PiticiMircea
Collana The Best Writing on Mathematics
Soggetto topico Mathematics
Soggetto non controllato 2020 Nobel Prize in physics
2020 Nobel laureates in physics
2020 Nobel laureates
Albert Einstein
Andrea Ghez
Einstein
Reinhard Genzel
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
black holes
general relativity
general theory of relativity
relativity
ISBN 1-4008-4799-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Penrose, Roger -- Introduction / Pitici, Mircea -- The Prospects for Mathematics in a Multimedia Civilization / Davis, Philip J. -- Fearful Symmetry / Stewart, Ian -- E pluribus unum: From Complexity, Universality / Tao, Terence -- Degrees of Separation / Goth, Gregory -- Randomness / Seife, Charles -- Randomness in Music / Knuth, Donald E. -- Playing the Odds / Johnson, Soren -- Machines of the Infinite / Pavlus, John -- Bridges, String Art, and Bézier Curves / Gross, Renan -- Slicing a Cone for Art and Science / Silver, Daniel S. -- High Fashion Meets Higher Mathematics / Delp, Kelly -- The Jordan Curve Theorem Is Nontrivial / Ross, Fiona / Ross, William T. -- Why Mathematics? What Mathematics? / Sfard, Anna -- Math Anxiety: Who Has It, Why It Develops, and How to Guard against It / Maloney, Erin A. / Beilock, Sian L. -- How Old Are the Platonic Solids? / Lloyd, David R. -- Early Modern Mathematical Instruments / Bennett, Jim -- A Revolution in Mathematics? What Really Happened a Century Ago and Why It Matters Today / Quinn, Frank -- Errors of Probability in Historical Context / Gorroochurn, Prakash -- The End of Probability / Ayache, Elie -- An abc Proof Too Tough Even for Mathematicians / Hartnett, Kevin -- Contributors -- Notable Texts -- Acknowledgments -- Credits
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The nature of space and time [[electronic resource] /] / with a new afterword by the authors Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
The nature of space and time [[electronic resource] /] / with a new afterword by the authors Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
Autore Hawking Stephen <1942-2018.>
Edizione [13th print.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010, c1996
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (156 pages)
Disciplina 530.11
Altri autori (Persone) PenroseRoger
Collana The Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures
Soggetto topico Space and time
Quantum theory
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Soggetto non controllato 2020 Nobel Prize in physics
2020 Nobel laureates in physics
2020 Nobel laureates
Albert Einstein
Andrea Ghez
Einstein
Reinhard Genzel
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
black holes
general relativity
general theory of relativity
relativity
ISBN 0-691-15094-X
0-691-03791-4
1-282-56926-0
9786612569265
1-4008-3474-0
Classificazione UB 7500
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Classical Theory / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER Two. Structure of Spacetime Singularities / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER THREE. Quantum Black Holes / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER FOUR. Quantum Theory and Spacetime / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER FIVE. Quantum Cosmology / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER SIX. The Twistor View of Spacetime / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Debate / Hawking, Stephen / Penrose, Roger -- AFTERWORD TO THE 2010 EDITION. The Debate Continues / Hazvking, Stephen / Penrose, Roger -- References
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Hawking Stephen <1942-2018.>  
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010, c1996
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The nature of space and time / / with a new afterword by the authors Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
The nature of space and time / / with a new afterword by the authors Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
Autore Hawking Stephen <1942-2018.>
Edizione [13th print.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010, c1996
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (156 pages)
Disciplina 530.11
Altri autori (Persone) PenroseRoger
Collana The Isaac Newton Institute series of lectures
Soggetto topico Space and time
Quantum theory
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Soggetto non controllato 2020 Nobel Prize in physics
2020 Nobel laureates in physics
2020 Nobel laureates
Albert Einstein
Andrea Ghez
Einstein
Reinhard Genzel
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
black holes
general relativity
general theory of relativity
relativity
ISBN 0-691-15094-X
0-691-03791-4
1-282-56926-0
9786612569265
1-4008-3474-0
Classificazione UB 7500
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Classical Theory / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER Two. Structure of Spacetime Singularities / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER THREE. Quantum Black Holes / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER FOUR. Quantum Theory and Spacetime / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER FIVE. Quantum Cosmology / Hawking, Stephen -- CHAPTER SIX. The Twistor View of Spacetime / Penrose, Roger -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Debate / Hawking, Stephen / Penrose, Roger -- AFTERWORD TO THE 2010 EDITION. The Debate Continues / Hazvking, Stephen / Penrose, Roger -- References
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807897203321
Hawking Stephen <1942-2018.>  
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010, c1996
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Relativismus / / Bernd Irlenborn
Relativismus / / Bernd Irlenborn
Autore Irlenborn Bernd
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (162 p.)
Disciplina 149
Collana Grundthemen Philosophie
Soggetto topico Relativity
Cultural relativism
Soggetto non controllato Pluralism
probability
relativity
self-contradiction
tolerance
ISBN 3-11-046354-7
3-11-046249-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ger
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Begriff -- 3. Entstehung -- 4. Entwürfe -- 5. Wahrheitsrelativismus -- 6. Das Selbstwiderspruchs-Argument -- 7. Relativismus, Pluralität, Toleranz -- Anmerkungen -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Namenregister -- Sachregister -- Backmatter
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798351703321
Irlenborn Bernd  
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016
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Relativismus / / Bernd Irlenborn
Relativismus / / Bernd Irlenborn
Autore Irlenborn Bernd
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (162 p.)
Disciplina 149
Collana Grundthemen Philosophie
Soggetto topico Relativity
Cultural relativism
Soggetto non controllato Pluralism
probability
relativity
self-contradiction
tolerance
ISBN 3-11-046354-7
3-11-046249-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ger
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Begriff -- 3. Entstehung -- 4. Entwürfe -- 5. Wahrheitsrelativismus -- 6. Das Selbstwiderspruchs-Argument -- 7. Relativismus, Pluralität, Toleranz -- Anmerkungen -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Namenregister -- Sachregister -- Backmatter
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Irlenborn Bernd  
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016
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Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Autore Burgess Alexis <1980->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina 121
Altri autori (Persone) BurgessJohn P. <1948->
Collana Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy
Soggetto topico Truth
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato Alfred Tarski
Aristotle
Davidsonianism
Dummettianism
Frank P. Ramsey
Saul Kripke
W. V. Quine
antirealism
axiomatic theories
communication
contextualist solutions
correspondence theories
defeatism
deflationism
denial strategy
deviance strategy
direct definition
dis"ationalism
disqualification strategy
doublespeak strategy
equivalence principle
formal language
holism
inconsistency theories
indeterminacy
inflationism
logical solutions
mathematics
meaning
metalanguage
minimum fixed point
model theory
normativity
object language
paraconsistency
paradoxes
physicalism
pluralism
presupposition
realism
redundancy theory
reference
relativism
relativity
revenge
revision theories
self-reference
semantic truth
sentences
slogans
transfinite construction
truth predicate
truth-conditional semantics
truth
truthmaker theories
ungroundedness
utility
vagueness
value
verification-conditional semantics
ISBN 1-78268-952-4
1-283-03352-6
9786613033529
1-4008-3869-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Tarski -- Chapter Three. Deflationism -- Chapter Four. Indeterminacy -- Chapter Five. Realism -- Chapter Six. Antirealism -- Chapter Seven. Kripke -- Chapter Eight. Insolubility? -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index
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Burgess Alexis <1980->  
Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
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Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Autore Burgess Alexis <1980->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina 121
Altri autori (Persone) BurgessJohn P. <1948->
Collana Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy
Soggetto topico Truth
Soggetto non controllato Alfred Tarski
Aristotle
Davidsonianism
Dummettianism
Frank P. Ramsey
Saul Kripke
W. V. Quine
antirealism
axiomatic theories
communication
contextualist solutions
correspondence theories
defeatism
deflationism
denial strategy
deviance strategy
direct definition
dis"ationalism
disqualification strategy
doublespeak strategy
equivalence principle
formal language
holism
inconsistency theories
indeterminacy
inflationism
logical solutions
mathematics
meaning
metalanguage
minimum fixed point
model theory
normativity
object language
paraconsistency
paradoxes
physicalism
pluralism
presupposition
realism
redundancy theory
reference
relativism
relativity
revenge
revision theories
self-reference
semantic truth
sentences
slogans
transfinite construction
truth predicate
truth-conditional semantics
truth
truthmaker theories
ungroundedness
utility
vagueness
value
verification-conditional semantics
ISBN 1-78268-952-4
1-283-03352-6
9786613033529
1-4008-3869-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Tarski -- Chapter Three. Deflationism -- Chapter Four. Indeterminacy -- Chapter Five. Realism -- Chapter Six. Antirealism -- Chapter Seven. Kripke -- Chapter Eight. Insolubility? -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781297103321
Burgess Alexis <1980->  
Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
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Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Truth [[electronic resource] /] / Alexis G. Burgess & John P. Burgess
Autore Burgess Alexis <1980->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina 121
Altri autori (Persone) BurgessJohn P. <1948->
Collana Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy
Soggetto topico Truth
Soggetto non controllato Alfred Tarski
Aristotle
Davidsonianism
Dummettianism
Frank P. Ramsey
Saul Kripke
W. V. Quine
antirealism
axiomatic theories
communication
contextualist solutions
correspondence theories
defeatism
deflationism
denial strategy
deviance strategy
direct definition
dis"ationalism
disqualification strategy
doublespeak strategy
equivalence principle
formal language
holism
inconsistency theories
indeterminacy
inflationism
logical solutions
mathematics
meaning
metalanguage
minimum fixed point
model theory
normativity
object language
paraconsistency
paradoxes
physicalism
pluralism
presupposition
realism
redundancy theory
reference
relativism
relativity
revenge
revision theories
self-reference
semantic truth
sentences
slogans
transfinite construction
truth predicate
truth-conditional semantics
truth
truthmaker theories
ungroundedness
utility
vagueness
value
verification-conditional semantics
ISBN 1-78268-952-4
1-283-03352-6
9786613033529
1-4008-3869-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Tarski -- Chapter Three. Deflationism -- Chapter Four. Indeterminacy -- Chapter Five. Realism -- Chapter Six. Antirealism -- Chapter Seven. Kripke -- Chapter Eight. Insolubility? -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index
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Burgess Alexis <1980->  
Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, c2010
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What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn
What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn
Autore Bailyn Charles D.
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (225 p.)
Disciplina 523.8/875
Collana Princeton Frontiers in Physics
Soggetto topico Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics
Soggetto non controllato Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Hawking radiation
John Archibald Wheeler
Kerr black hole
Schwarzschild black hole
X-ray astronomy
X-ray detectors
X-ray sources
accretion disk
accretion disks
accretion energy
accretion flows
accretion
accretor mass
active galactic nuclei
astronomical literature
astronomical objects
astronomy
binary star system
black hole evolution
black hole formation
black holes
celestial sources
collimated emission beams
event horizon
event horizons
galaxy
gas flow geometry
general relativity
gravitational physics
gravitational potential energy
gravitational radiation
gravitational waves
infalling material
innermost stable circular orbit
intermediate-mass black holes
jets
kinetic energy
light travel
luminosity
mass infall rate
merging black holes
multiverses
nonspinning black hole
observational astrophysics
optical stars
outflows
quantum mechanics
quasars
quasi-stellar objects
radiation
relativity
scientific study
singularities
spinning black hole
star
stellar evolution
stellar-mass black holes
supermassive black holes
supernova explosions
supernovae
theoretical physics
wormholes
ISBN 1-4008-5056-8
Classificazione US 2200
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities -- 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole -- 3. Outflows and Jets -- 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes -- 5. Supermassive Black Holes -- 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes -- 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist? -- 8. Black Hole Spin -- 9. Detecting Black Holes through -- 10. Black Hole Exotica -- Glossary -- Index
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Bailyn Charles D.  
Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014
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