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Beyond Reason Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science

By Dewdney A.K.

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Year
2006
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14039814 bytes)
Pages
\235
Topic
History
Time added
2016-08-22 00:05:29
Исторические дисциплины;История науки и техники

Description

A mind-bending excursion to the limits of science and mathematics. Are some scientific problems insoluble? In Beyond Reason, internationally acclaimed math and science author A. K. Dewdney answers this question by examining eight insurmountable mathematical and scientific roadblocks that have stumped thinkers across the centuries, from ancient mathematical conundrums such as «squaring the circle, « first attempted by the Pythagoreans, to Gödels vexing theorem, from perpetual motion to the unpredictable behavior of chaotic systems such as the weather.

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